Ongokea
| Ongokea | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Santalales |
| Family: | Olacaceae |
| Genus: | Ongokea Pierre[1] |
| Species: | O. gore
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| Binomial name | |
| Ongokea gore (Hua) Pierre[1]
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Ongokea is a genus of flowering plants, with one species Ongokea gore (Boleko).[1] In the APG IV system, the genus is placed in the family Olacaceae.[2][1] Other sources place it in the segregate family Aptandraceae.[3]
Its native range is Western Tropical Africa to Angola,[1] and is notable for the seeds of its edible fruits containing an industrially-useful oil that can undergo explosive polymerization reactions at elevated temperatures.[4] This oil is curious for being rich in diacetylenic and hydroxy-diacetylenic fatty acids, primarily isanic and bolekic acid - that is, instead of a typical single-bonded fatty acid backbone, these acids contain multiple (thermally unstable) triple bonds.[5]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Ongokea Pierre | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG IV". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 181 (1): 1–20. doi:10.1111/boj.12385.
- ^ Stevens, P.F. "Aptandraceae". Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
- ^ Vegetable Oils: Tropical Resources of Africa 14. 2007. p. 127. ISBN 9789057821912.
- ^ "Fatty Acids: Acetylenic and Allenic - crepenynic - plants, animals, mosses - composition and biochemistry".
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