Biology: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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Ongokea Pierre | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:28243-1.
- ↑ 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. http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/APweb/orders/santalalesweb2.htm#Aptandraceae.
- ↑ Vegetable Oils: Tropical Resources of Africa 14. 2007. p. 127. ISBN 9789057821912. https://books.google.com/books?id=YW-ZbQnWQYsC&dq=boleko%20oil&pg=PA127.
- ↑ "Fatty Acids: Acetylenic and Allenic - crepenynic - plants, animals, mosses - composition and biochemistry". https://www.lipidmaps.org/resources/lipidweb/lipidweb_html/lipids/fa-eic/fa-acetylenic/index.htm.
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