Cola heterophylla (P.Beauv.) Schott & Endl.

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Malvaceae > Cola

Characteristics

Leaves commonly simple, but there is a tendency for (2–) 3-lobed leaves to occur in Gold Coast and Nigeria; simple leaves 7–32 cm. long, 2·6–12·5 cm. broad, to 35 cm. long and 32 cm. broad when lobed
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Fruiting carpels bright red, ellipsoid to ellipsoid-oblong, 1·5–7·5 cm. long. including the rather slender 0·5–2 cm. long hooked apical beak
Flowers pale yellow or yellowish green to dull reddish, or purplish-red inside and yellowish outside
Shrub or small tree, usually 2–10 ft., rarely to 16 ft., high
A shrub. It grows 3 m high.
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A tropical plant. It grows in the undergrowth in evergreen rain-forest in West Africa.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The leaves are eaten as a vegetable.
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Edible leaves nuts
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Distribution

Cola heterophylla world distribution map, present in Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone

Conservation status

Cola heterophylla threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:822704-1
WFO ID wfo-0000614434
COL ID WWTB
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Synonyms

Sterculia heterophylla Cola heterophylla Cola pynaertii Cola variantifolia Colaria heterophyla Edwardia heterophylla Courtenia heterophylla Firmiana heterophylla