Survey of the fruits and endocarps of Icacinaceae (Lamiids, Icacinales)
Author
Rio, Cédric Del
Author
Stull, Gregory W.
Author
Franceschi, Dario De
text
European Journal of Taxonomy
2020
2020-05-14
645
1
130
journal article
22093
10.5852/ejt.2020.645
1cd473d9-9d96-438f-bab4-29c5e56f82b8
3829651
Phytocrene borneensis
Becc.
Fig. 21.1–21.8
Material examined
Specimen used for endocarp and fruit description
MALAYSIA
•
Borneo
,
Sarawak
;
8 Jul. 1979
;
B
. Lee
S
.40246
;
L
[
L
.2289394]
.
Description
FRUIT. Obovoid, slightly asymmetrical and widely acuminate at the apex, yellow-brown when mature. Epicarp with clusters of yellow hairs. Mesocarp thin but thick at the accrescent part when dry. Calyx not persistent. Length ca
56 mm
, width ca
14 mm
.
ENDOCARP. Brown, obovoid in lateral view, lenticular in transverse section, length ca
39.1 mm
, width ca
17.3 mm
, thickness ca
9 mm
. No clear keel surrounding the endocarp in the plane of symmetry, but thin trace of keel present in the upper part. Apex asymmetrical and emarginate in lateral view; base acute, symmetrical. Outer surface of the endocarp pitted. Pits circular in the upper half and more elongate in the lower half of the endocarp, relatively thin,
0.2–0.4 mm
in width, randomly arranged with ca 12–13 pits longitudinally and 10–11 pits transversally (ca 125–130 pits per face). Pits narrow, without tubercles. Endocarp wall
681–766 µm
thick excluding pits (
307–351 µm
thick including pits). Endocarp wall (excluding pits), with three cell layers: outermost layer with ca 16 rows of anticlinally oriented cells, cells
32.8–45.7 µm
in length, followed by a layer with ca 9 rows of periclinally oriented cells, cells 14.5–24.0 µm in width; innermost layer consist of periclinally oriented cells, cells
9.7–11.4 µm
in width, lining the locule surface with inflated cells. Locule covered with rounded protuberances due to the thickening of the wall under the pits.