Sarcostigma kleinii Wight & Arn.

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 : 105

Sarcostigma kleinii Wight & Arn.

Fig. 33.19–33.24

Material examined

Specimen used for endocarp and fruit description

INDIA • 1890; King’s Collector s.n.; K.

Other material

VIETNAM • 2008; DDS_14043; P [ MNHN-P-P06807860 ].

Description

FRUIT. Red when mature. Epicarp puberulent, with yellow simple hairs with granular ornamentation. Mesocarp 313–343 µm thick when dry. Length 22–35 mm, width 16–23 mm, thickness 10–15 mm.

ENDOCARP. Lenticular in transverse section, length ca 21 mm, width ca 16 mm, thickness ca 9.9 mm. Channel surrounding the endocarp in the plane of symmetry, with thin median ridge. Apex rounded. Primary vascular bundle lying in the channel surrounding the endocarp. Endocarp wall 496–513 µm thick excluding rugosities (614 µm thick including rugosities). Endocarp wall with three cell layers: outermost layer with ca 13 rows of anticlinally oriented cells, cells 17.6–35.8 µm in length; middle layer with 10 rows of periclinally oriented cells, cells 13.0– 17.2 µm in width; innermost layer with one row of periclinally oriented cells, cells 5.8–6.1 µm in width, lining the locule surface. Detail of the locule surface unknown.

Remarks

The surface of the locule was decayed by a fungi (see Discussion for preservation issues).