Fried-Egg Flower
Oncoba spinosa
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh
- Flowering
- October-March
How to identify Fried-Egg Flower
Identify Fried-Egg Flower by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a shrub habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: White flowers with a yellow center resembling a fried egg.
- Confirm leaf type: Simple.
- Confirm leaf shape: Ovate (egg-shaped, broad at base).
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: October-March.
- In India, compare location records such as Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh.
- Confirm it sits within the Flacourtiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Fried-Egg Flower.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Oncoba spinosa
- Genus
- Oncoba
- Family
- Flacourtiaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Often planted in gardens
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Native to
- Africa
- Distribution
- Introduced elsewhere
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- October-March
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- SimplerecordedA single, undivided leaf blade.“It is a small deciduous tree (usually no more than 5 m in height, but occasionally to 12 m (39 ft), that has simple leaves.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf shape
- Ovate (egg-shaped, broad at base)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Fried-Egg Flower itself; the rest are typical of the Flacourtiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Typical of the Flacourtiaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
About Fried-Egg Flower
Fried-Egg Flower (Oncoba spinosa) is a shrub in the Flacourtiaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh. It grows in often planted in gardens. Flowering and fruiting run from October to March.
Flacourtiaceae
Flacourtia Family
Fried-Egg Flower belongs to the Flacourtiaceae family.
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