Biology:Ongokea

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Ongokea
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Santalales
Family: Olacaceae
Genus: Ongokea
Pierre[1]
Species:
O. gore
Binomial name
Ongokea gore
(Hua) Pierre[1]

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]

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