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
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Rhyticaryum fasciculatum
Becc.
Fig. 31.18–31.25
Material examined
Specimen used for endocarp and fruit description
INDONESIA
•
12 Oct. 2004
;
Heu Her
4
;
K
[
K000271837
]
.
Description
FRUIT. Epicarp sparsely strigose, with yellow simple hairs with granular ornamentation. Mesocarp thin. Length 13.0–
20.5 mm
, width
10–15 mm
, thickness
7–9 mm
.
ENDOCARP. Brown, length ca
20.5 mm
, width ca
12.3 mm
, thickness ca
9 mm
. Keel surrounding the endocarp in the plane of symmetry. Apex truncate, slightly inflated and asymmetrical in lateral view; base rounded, symmetrical. Outer surface of the endocarp ridged, with ca four ridges longitudinally, the median ridge reaching the point of the base. Ridges rounded and thin, with a median channel, enclosing 15–21 polygonal areoles. Areols elongate longitudinally, with freely ending ridgelets, some ridgelets arbuscular. Primary vascular bundle positioned outside the endocarp wall. Endocarp wall
514–575 µm
thick excluding ridges (
751–989 µm
thick including ridges). Endocarp wall with three cell layers: outermost layer with ca 14 rows of anticlinally oriented cells, cells
24.6–54.4 µm
in length, followed by a layer with ca 8 rows of periclinally oriented cells, cells
18.1–25.1 µm
in width; innermost layer with one row of periclinally oriented cells, cells
8.7–11.9 µm
in width, lining the locule surface with regularly spaced and large papillae; papillae 7.2–21.0 µm (av.
13.9 µm
) in diameter, 710 papillae per
0.25 mm
2
.