Iodes liberica Stapf, 1906

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 : 38

Iodes liberica Stapf

Fig. 13.19–13.27

Material examined

Specimen used for endocarp and fruit description GUINEA • 1949; J.G. Adam 3833; P [ MNHN-P-P04472332 ].

Other material

GUINEA • 1949; J.G. Adam 5788; P [ MNHN-P-P04472335 ] • 1949; J.G. Adam 5252; P [ MNHN- P-P04472330 ].

IVORY COAST • Bingerville ; 27 Mar. 1906; A. Jolly s.n.; P [MNHN-P-P04472370] • 1959; A.J.M. Leewenberg 2527; P [ MNHN-P-P04472371 ].

Description

FRUIT. Elliptical to obovoid, red when mature. Epicarp sparsely strigose with yellow simple hairs with granular ornamentation. Mesocarp ca 200 µm when dry. Calyx not persistent. Length 8.0– 11.9 mm, width 5.0– 7.8 mm, thickness 5.5–7.4 mm.

ENDOCARP. Light brown, elliptical to obovoid in lateral view, globose in transverse section, length ca 10.4 mm, width ca 7.1 mm, thickness ca 7 mm. Keel surrounding the endocarp in the plane of symmetry, with the thicker margin containing a vascular bundle embedded within the endocarp wall. Apex slightly asymmetrical in lateral view, without horn-like protrusions or pores; base rounded-acute, symmetrical. Outer surface of the endocarp sparsely ridged, with one median ridge running longitudinally, beginning at the point of the base and spanning ca ¾ of the endocarp length. Ridges angular-sharp, thin, with a median channel, forming a sparse diffuse pattern from the median ridge, absent from the apical ¼ of the endocarp length. Vasculature of the endocarp resting in the channels of the ridges. Endocarp wall 138– 172 µm thick excluding ridges (257–266 µm thick including ridges). Endocarp wall with at least two cell layers: outermost layer with one row of anticlinally oriented to isodiametric cells, 16.1–22.7 µm in width; innermost layer with 8–9 rows of periclinally oriented cells, 8.8–22 µm in width. Locule surface unknown, not lacunate.