✿Flacourtiaceae · Oncoba
Fried-Egg Flower
Oncoba spinosa
Shruboutdoor
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh
- Flowering
- October-March
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.
Botanical family
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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