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5284.000 Oncoba
Description of the genus
Trees or shrubs, spiny (in ours). Leaves petiolate. Flowers large and showy, solitary and terminal or lateral on short shoots, bisexual. Sepals 3-4. Petals present, 5-10 or more, exceeding the sepals. Stamens many. Ovary 1-locular, with 2-10 multiovulate parietal placentas. Fruit indehiscent, smooth or slightly ridged with a hard shell, many-seeded. Derivation of name: from the Arabic name onkob for this genus. Worldwide: Widespread in tropical Africa, extending to South Africa and Arabia. Zimbabwe: 1 taxon. |
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| spinosa Forssk. | N,W,C | Description, Image |
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Flora of Botswana: OncobaFlora of Burundi: Oncoba
Flora of Caprivi: Oncoba
Flora of Malawi: Oncoba
Flora of Mozambique: Oncoba
Flora of Zambia: Oncoba
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Oncoba
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): OncobaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Oncoba
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Oncoba
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Oncoba
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iNaturalist: Oncoba
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Oncoba
JSTOR Plant Science: Oncoba
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Oncoba
Plants of the World Online: Oncoba
Tropicos: Oncoba
Wikipedia: Oncoba
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