Botanical name | Oncoba spinosa |
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Plant Care | Full Sun Full Sun – Prefers 6 or more hours of sun per day. Semi Frost Hardy Semi Frost Hardy – Is Able to Survive Moderately Low Temperatures. Moderate Watering Moderate Watering – Requires Regular Watering. Pruning Required Pruning Required – Needs to be Pruned. Indigenous Indigenous – Originates in South Africa. |
Size | |
Categories | |
Flowers | January February August September October November December Large white flowers in spring and summer. |
Common name(s) | Fried-egg flower, snuff-box tree |
Origin | |
Foliage | Glossy foliage. |
Uses in landscape design | An ideal barrier plant. |
Fruit | Form decorative, redbrown fruits. |
Growth rate | Slow |
Other languages | Snuifkalbassie (A) Umshungu (Z) Mothotse (NS) |
Oncoba spinosa (Fried-egg flower, snuff-box tree)
- Botanical name: Oncoba spinosa
- Common name(s): Fried-egg flower, snuff-box tree
- Categories: Shrubs and Perennials
Plant description:
A spiny shrub with glossy foliage, large white flowers in spring and summer and decorative, redbrown fruits. Slow growing. An ideal barrier plant.
Family: Flacourtiaceae
Botanical Pronunciation: on-KO-ba spy-NO-suh
Oncoba spinosa requirements and features
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Requires moderate maintenance.
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January February August September October November December
Large white flowers in spring and summer.
Glossy foliage.