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''Oncoba spinosa'', the snuff-box tree, fried egg tree or fried-egg flower, is a plant species in the genus ''
It is a small to medium-sized deciduous tree (usually no more than 5m in height) that has simple leaves.
The blossoms are white and attractive with a yellow centre due to the
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Oncoba
''Oncoba'' is a genus of plants in the family Salicaceae. It contains the following species:
* '' Oncoba brachyanthera'' Oliv.
* '' Oncoba breteleri'' Hul
* '' Oncoba routledgei'' Sprague
* ''Oncoba spinosa
''Oncoba spinosa'', the snuff-box tr ...
''.
It is a small to medium-sized deciduous tree (usually no more than 5m in height) that has simple leaves.
The blossoms are white and attractive with a yellow centre due to the stamens
The stamen (plural ''stamina'' or ''stamens'') is the pollen-producing reproductive organ of a flower. Collectively the stamens form the androecium., p. 10
Morphology and terminology
A stamen typically consists of a stalk called the filame ...
, 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 hardshelled, globose and has a pointed tip. It measures up to 80mm in diameter and is yellow to reddish-brown in colour. In southern Africa, it blooms from September to December.
The tree is widely distributed along the eastern side of Africa as far as South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...
, mainly in dry woodland or open savanna in a wide range of sites from river valleys to rocky hills. Its northernmost limit is reached on the eastern side of the Red Sea
The Red Sea ( ar, البحر الأحمر - بحر القلزم, translit=Modern: al-Baḥr al-ʾAḥmar, Medieval: Baḥr al-Qulzum; or ; Coptic: ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϩⲁϩ ''Phiom Enhah'' or ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϣⲁⲣⲓ ''Phiom ǹšari''; T ...
in Arabia.
See also
*List of Southern African indigenous trees and woody lianes
This is a list of Southern African trees, shrubs, suffrutices, geoxyles and lianes, and is intended to cover Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
The notion of 'indigenous' is of ...
References
External links
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