Nothapodytes pittosporoides (Oliv.) Sleumer

Fig. 20.10–20.18

Material examined

Specimen used for endocarp and fruit description

CHINA • s.d.; s. col. 4118; P [MNHN-P-P04513559].

Other material

CHINA • 1907; J. Cavalerie 3164; P [MNHN-P-P04449925].

Description

FRUIT. Elliptical; mesocarp 72–129 µm thick when dry. Length 10–20 mm, width 6–9 mm, thickness 4.0– 6.7 mm.

ENDOCARP. Cream, elliptical in lateral view, lenticular in transverse section, length ca 10.7 mm, width ca 7.3 mm, thickness ca 6.7 mm. Channel surrounding the endocarp in the plane of symmetry. Rugosities extended longitudinally, organized in 3–4 longitudinal lines, separated by 3–4 main longitudinal channels. Endocarp wall 164–197 µm thick excluding rugosities. Endocarp wall with ca 7–8 rows of periclinally oriented cells, cells 14.2–26.8 µm in width.