About Fried-Egg Flower
Oncoba spinosa, the snuff-box tree, fried egg tree or fried-egg flower, is a plant species in the genus Oncoba traditionally placed in the family Flacourtiaceae, but now placed in the willow family, Salicaceae. 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. The 9 cm (3.5 in) wide flowers have up to seventeen white petals and attractive with a yellow centre due to the stamens, resembling a fried egg. They appear on the tree from just before or around the time the new leaves are produced and the tree is in bloom for up to three months. The fruit is hard-shelled, globose and has a pointed tip.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Oncoba spinosa
- Genus
- Oncoba
- Family
- FLACOURTIACEAE
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Often planted in gardens
- Native to
- Africa
- Distribution
- Introduced elsewhere
- Flowering & fruiting
- October-March
Flacourtiaceae
Flacourtia Family
Fried-Egg Flower belongs to the Flacourtiaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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