Iodes seguinii (H.Lév.) Rehder

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 : 45

Iodes seguinii (H.Lév.) Rehder

Fig. 15.18–15.26

Material examined

Specimen used for endocarp and fruit description

CHINA • Kouy-Tcheou Province ; Jun. 1912; Abbé Cavalerie 3932; P [MNHN-P-P05279333] .

Description

FRUIT. Elliptical to oblong, red when mature. Epicarp puberulent, with yellow uncinate hairs, smooth when dry. Mesocarp thin when dry. Length 15–23 mm, width 10–16 mm, thickness 5.0– 7.9 mm.

ENDOCARP. Brown, oblong in lateral view, lenticular in transverse section, length ca 16.5 mm, width ca 11 mm, thickness ca 8.1 mm. Channel surrounding the endocarp on only one side in the plane of symmetry. Apex asymmetrical, flattened in the lateral view; base flattened and symmetrical. Outer surface of the endocarp smooth with thin, faintly apparent channels, 3–4 main channels running longitudinally. Vasculature of the endocarp in the channels; primary vascular bundle positioned inside the channel surrounding the endocarp. Endocarp wall 173–226 µm thick. Endocarp wall with ca 12 rows of periclinally oriented cells, cells 9.9–15.4 µm in width. Locule surface smooth, not lacunate.