Alsodeiopsis staudtii Engl.

Rio, Cédric Del, Stull, Gregory W. & Franceschi, Dario De, 2020, Survey of the fruits and endocarps of Icacinaceae (Lamiids, Icacinales), European Journal of Taxonomy 645, pp. 1-130 : 14

Alsodeiopsis staudtii Engl.

Fig. 6.19–6.27

Material examined

Specimens used for endocarp and fruit description

CAMEROON • 16 km on the road from Kribi to Ebolowa , than turning right on forest exploitation Rouillon, exploitation track followed in about S direction for 24 km, on bank of the Nièté River.; 2°42′ N, 10°3′ E; 21 Jun 1975; J. J. F. E. de Wilde 8304; BR [ BR0000021246852 ] • Lolodorf , Mt. Minn; 22 Nov. 1967; H. Jacques-Felix 9190; P [MNHN-P-P04495847] .

Other material

CAMEROON • Galery forest of Kienke R., just E of Kribi; 2°56′ N, 9°55′ E; 5 Apr. 1969; J. J. Bos 4276; P [MNHN-P-P05036812] • Korup National Park ; 24 Mar. 1998; D. Kenfack 1073; P [MNHN- P-P05036862] • 16 km on the road from Kribi to Ebolowa , than turning right on forest exploitation Rouillon, exploitation track followed in about S direction for 24 km, on bank of the Nièté River.; 2°42′ N, 10°3′ E; 21 Jun. 1975; J. J. F. E. de Wilde 8304; P [MNHN-P-P04534452] .

TANZANIA • Tanga, Korogwe District, Ambangulu Forest Reserve, W of Ambangulu cam site above Makweli village ; 5°4′16″ S, 38°24′16″ E; 5 Nov. 1998; M. A. Mwangoka & C. Kayombo 101; P [MNHN- P-P05036843] .

Description

FRUIT. Oblong, reticulate when dry, revealing the underlying reticulum of endocarp ridges. Mesocarp ca 300–400 µm thick when dry. Length 10–22 mm, width 5–15 mm, thickness 5.6–7.0 mm.

ENDOCARP. Cream, length ca 18.9 mm, width ca 7.1 mm, thickness ca 3.5 mm. Outer surface of the endocarp ridged, with ca 2–3 main longitudinal ridges, highly branched, with the median ridge reaching the point of the base. Ridges slightly angular and thin, delimiting a reticulate pattern with a random global aspect, enclosing ca 40–45 irregular areoles with arbuscular freely ending ridgelets. Endocarp wall 151–295 µm thick excluding ridges (256–302 µm thick including ridges). Endocarp primary vascular bundle outside endocarp wall. Endocarp wall with ca 14 rows of periclinally oriented cells, cells 13–20 µm in width. Locule surface smooth.