“…Tropical deciduous forest elements (regional taxa), such as Syzygium, members of the subfamily Mimosoideae, Shorea and Acacia, appeared sporadically in the pollen spectra; this seems related to their entomophilous habit. The complete absence of other tropical deciduous forest elements (regional taxa), such as Terminalia, Emblica officinalis, Grewia, Mitragyna (Cannel and Smith, 1984;Duan et al, 2009;Cariñanos et al, 2014;Quamar, 2020;Quamar and Bera, 2014a, b;Quamar and Kar, 2020;Quamar et al, 2018a, b and relevant references therein). Ephedra sp., Dodonea sp., Croton sp., members of Acanthaceae, and Zizyphus sp.…”