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Cola discoglypremnophylla Brenan & A.P.D.Jones

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Malvaceae > Cola

Characteristics

Leaf-lamina up to 10 × 6–7 cm., coriaceous, broadly ovate to ovate-elliptic, apex obtuse or subacuminate, margin entire or undulate, base broadly rounded or slightly cordate, glabrous on both surfaces except sometimes for a few hairs near the base of the midrib, midrib prominent especially beneath, nerves in 4–6 pairs with 1–2 pairs of basal nerves, prominent especially beneath, venation prominently reticulate beneath; petiole up to 6·6 cm. long, basal and apical pulvini minutely stellate-puberulous, rest glabrous; stipules c. 8 mm. long, caducous, linear, subglabrous.
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Male flowers on unarticulated stellate-puberulous pedicels up to 7 mm. long: calyx cyathiform, deeply 4–5-lobed, densely greyish-puberulous outside; tube up to 1·5 mm. long, glabrous at the base within; lobes 3·5–5 × 2·5–3·5 mm., ovate-elliptic, with acute apex, longitudinally 5–8-nerved, with a few stellate hairs inside towards the apex, otherwise with subglobose papillae; androphore up to 2·4 mm. long, glabrous, with 8–9 uniseriate anthers; vestigial carpels 4, glabrous, immersed among the anthers.
Tree 6–10 m. tall, evergreen; very young branchlets minutely stellate-pilose, soon glabrous; bark whitish and longitudinally sulcate.
Flowers 1–7-nate in axillary fascicles on 1–3-year-old wood.
Female flowers and fruit not so far known.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
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Mature height (meter) 7.0 - 9.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Near river banks at elevations from 200-250 metres. Riverine and lowland forest.
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It is a tropical plant.
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Usage

Uses wood
Edible seeds
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Distribution

Cola discoglypremnophylla world distribution map, present in Mozambique and Tanzania, United Republic of

Conservation status

Cola discoglypremnophylla threat status: Endangered

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:822682-1
WFO ID wfo-0000614408
COL ID WWSN
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Synonyms

Cola discoglypremnophylla
WorldFloraDB 2024