A fossil leaf closely comparable to the leaf of Musa ornata is described here from the Deccan Intertrappean beds of Mohgaon Kalan. It further adds to the evidence in favour of the presence of banana in India during the Early Eocene times.
Two species of Ctenolophonidites, C. costatus van Hoeken-Klinkenberg (1966) and C. neyveliensis sp. nov., have been described from the Neyveli lignites of South India. The latter is distinct from all the earlier described species.
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