Fig. 16. Fruits of Icacinaceae Miers. 1–9. Iodes seretii (De Wild.) Boutique (D. Thomas & M. Etuge 63). 1. Broken dried fruit, lateral view. 2–6. Endocarp. 2. Lateral view of the endocarp showing a reticulate pattern of ridges. 3. Dorsal view showing a keel surrounding the endocarp. 4. Opposite lateral view. 5. Apical view. 6. Basal view. 7. SEM image of the pilose indumentum on the epicarp surface and of a transverse section of the pericarp. 8. SEM image of the vascular bundle embedded within the endocarp wall (arrow) in a transverse section of the pericarp. 9. SEM image of basal endocarp cells in a transverse section and papillae on the locule surface. – 10–18. Iodes yatesii Merr. (Burley 1577). 10–15. Endocarp. 10. Lateral view showing the double reticulation. 11. Dorsal view showing a keel surrounding the endocarp. 12. Opposite lateral view. 13. Apical view. 14. Basal view. 15. Magnification of areoles showing the secondary reticulation. 16. SEM image of a vascular bundle embedded within the endocarp wall (arrow). 17. SEM image of primary and secondary ridges in transverse view. 18. Detail of the right part of the same section showing the cells organization in endocarp wall and secondary ridges. – 19– 21. Lavigeria macrocarpa (Oliv.) Pierre. 19–21. Endocarp. 19. Lateral view showing ridges / roughness (R. Letouzey 8970). 20. Transverse section showing the vascular bundle (arrow) embedded within the endocarp wall (N. Hallé 3734). 21. SEM image of the same section showing the endocarp wall and the locule with simple hairs (arrow) (Bos 4098). Images taken from Del Rio (2018). Scale bars: 1–6, 10–14, 19–20 = 10 mm; 7, 21 = 2 mm; 15, 17 = 1 mm; 8, 16, 18 = 500 μm; 9 = 50 μm.