Cola millenii K.Schum.

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Malvaceae > Cola

Characteristics

A small tree. It grows to 4-12 m high. It can be 1.5 m round. It loses its leaves during the year. The small branches are green with brown hairs. The leaves are simple and with lobes like fingers on a hand. There are usually 5 lobes. The leaves are 10-30 cm long and 10-40 cm wide. They are widely heart shaped at the base. The lobes are broad and taper to the tip. The leaf stalks are 5-32 cm long. The flowers are in short clusters in the axils of leaves. They are often red-brown outside and orange-red inside. The fruit are composed are 6-11 rich orange or pink cells. They are 8.5 cm long and 3-5 cm broad. There are 8-10 seeds in each cell.
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Flowers greenish outside, red-brown to purplish inside, outside varying to dull purple, inside to purple and greenish-yellow, rarely flowers wholly pale yellow
Leaves up to 30 cm. long and 35 cm. broad, but usually smaller
Tree, 12–40 ft., sometimes to 60 ft. high
Fruiting carpels rich pink to orange-red.
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Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in drier types of the lowland rainforest. It suits humid locations. It grows in secondary forest.
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In drier parts of the forest region, especially in secondary forest
Closed and transition forests, tending towards the drier parts.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The pulp of the fruit is eaten fresh.
Uses food material medicinal wood
Edible fruits leaves seeds
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Can be grown by seedlings.
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Images

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Distribution

Cola millenii world distribution map, present in Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Ghana, Nigeria, and Togo

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:822743-1
WFO ID wfo-0000614478
COL ID 5ZL2Z
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Wikipedia (EN)
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Synonyms

Cola millenii Cola togoensis