Cola lateritia K.Schum.

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Malvaceae > Cola

Characteristics

A tree. It grows 25-50 m tall. It loses its leaves during the year. The trunk is straight for about 30 m and 1-2 m wide at the base. The fruit are red.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality -
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 25.0 - 37.5
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Rainforests, gallery forests and secondary forests at elevations up to 1,000 metres.
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It is a tropical plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The pulp of the fruit is eaten. The seed is chewed. The young leaves are eaten as a vegetable.
Uses fiber food gene source material medicinal social use wood
Edible fruits leaves seeds
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Distribution

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

Conservation status

Cola lateritia threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:822716-1
WFO ID wfo-0000614445
COL ID WWTS
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Cola seretii Bichea lateritia Bichea rhodoxantha Cola lateritia Cola rhodoxantha Cola lateritia var. nigerica Sterculia derumieri

Lower taxons

Cola lateritia var. maclaudii