Oncoba spinosa
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Details Top
| Internal ID | UUID6440326146b7e527410023 |
| Scientific name | Oncoba spinosa |
| Authority | Forssk. |
| First published in | Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. : 103 (1775) |
Description Top
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Oncoba spinosa, commonly known as the snuff-box tree, fried egg tree or fried-egg flower, is a small to medium-sized deciduous tree. It has simple leaves and white blossoms with a yellow centre resembling a fried egg. The fruit is hardshelled, globose and yellow to reddish-brown in colour. It is widely distributed along the eastern side of Africa as far as South Africa, and its northernmost limit is reached on the eastern side of the Red Sea in Arabia. It blooms from September to December.
Synonyms Top
| Scientific name | Authority | First published in |
|---|---|---|
| Lundia monacantha | Schumach. & Thonn. | Beskr. Guin. Pl. 231. 1827 |
| Oncoba monacantha | (Schumach. & Thonn.) Steud. | Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 2: 212 (1841) |
Common names Top
Add a new one! Suggest a correction!| Language | Common/alternative name |
|---|---|
| Arabic | عُنْقُب |
| Bambara | babara |
| dag | kparacia |
| Persian | درخت تخممرغ نیمرو |
| Thai | ไข่ดาว |
| Chinese | 鼻烟盒树 |
| Chinese | 鼻煙盒樹 |
Germination/Propagation Top
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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top
Legend for the distribution data:
- Doubtful data
- Extinct
- Introduced
- Native
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Africa click to expand
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East Tropical Africa
- Kenya
- Tanzania
- Uganda
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Northeast Tropical Africa
- Chad
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Somalia
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South Tropical Africa
- Angola
- Malawi
- Mozambique
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
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Southern Africa
- Botswana
- Kwazulu-Natal
- Namibia
- Northern Provinces
- Swaziland
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West Tropical Africa
- Benin
- Burkina
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Ivory Coast
- Mali
- Nigeria
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Togo
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West-central Tropical Africa
- Burundi
- Cabinda
- Cameroon
- Congo
- Gabon
- Gulf Of Guinea Islands
- Zaïre
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East Tropical Africa
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Asia-temperate click to expand
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Arabian Peninsula
- Saudi Arabia
- Yemen
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Arabian Peninsula
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Northern America click to expand
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Southeastern U.S.A.
- Florida
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Southeastern U.S.A.
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Southern America click to expand
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Caribbean
- Cuba
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Caribbean
Links to other databases Top
Suggest others/fix!| Database | ID/link to page |
|---|---|
| World Flora Online | wfo-0000895401 |
| Florida Plant Atlas | 4416 |
| USDA Plants | ONSP3 |
| Tropicos | 13200012 |
| INPN | 630265 |
| KEW | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:111964-1 |
| The Plant List | kew-4387809 |
| Open Tree Of Life | 960793 |
| NCBI Taxonomy | 179733 |
| IUCN Red List | 146188247 |
| IPNI | 111964-1 |
| iNaturalist | 340332 |
| GBIF | 3879362 |
| Freebase | /m/0b__szj |
| EPPO | ONKSP |
| EOL | 6846499 |
| USDA GRIN | 25665 |
| Wikipedia | Oncoba_spinosa |
Genomes (via NCBI) Top
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Scientific Literature Top
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Phytochemical Profile Top
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| In public collections | 0 |