Diagnosis: Flowers unisexual, female, conical in shape, 3.8-5.2 mm in size, bracteate, bracts funnel shaped, emerge from base of receptacle, seems to extend up to apex of ovary. Receptacle well developed, narrow at base and flattened at top, bears ovary in middle and hypanthium at margin. Hypanthium cylindrical, fused, 4 lobed, swollen at base, tapered in middle and again slightly swollen at top, extends up to base of style, juxtaposed to ovary wall. Ovary cone shaped, partition not clearly observed, apparently broader at base and gradually pointed at apex, marginal cellsof ovary strongly built, inner cells parenchymatous, circular, glandular cells present on margin in rows (l.s.). Style long, cylindrical, inner part hollow, stigma serrated.

Sahnipushpam shuklai was named by Verma (1956) [Synonym: Sahnipushpam glandulosum Prakash 1956 Locality: Mohgaon Kalan in Chhindwara district of Madhya Pradesh, India ]. It is not extant. Its type specimen is BSIP 5505, 5510, 10372, a fertile axis. Its type locality is Mohgaon Kalan, which is in a Paleogene lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal horizon in the Deccan Intertrappean Formation of India.