A new petrified unilocular capsular fruit Valvulocarpon mohgaonse gen. et. sp. nov. from deccan intertrappean beds of Mohgaonkalan, M.P., India.

A fossil fruit specimen was collected from fossiliferous locality of Mohgaonkalan in Chhindwara District of Madhya Pradesh. The present fruit is unilocular capsule with single seed. Pericarp is differentiated into epicarp, mesocarp and endocarp. Pericarp dehisces from two valves. Seed is bitegmic and differentiated into testa and tegmen, single seed lies inside the locule, embryo is not preserved. It does not show resemblance with fossil fruits reported earlier, as well as those of the living families. So it is named as Valvulocarpon mohgaonse gen.et sp.nov. The generic name is given after dehiscence pattern of fruit through the valves and specific name is given after the locality Mohgaonkalan.