Cola porphyrantha Brenan

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Malvaceae > Cola

Characteristics

An evergreen tree. It grows 7-20 m tall. The leaves are narrowly oval and 8-25 cm long by 3-10 cm wide. The flowers occur in the stems on short woody spurs. The flowers are in groups of 15-30 flowers. They are red or purple. The fruit are oval or round and 2-3 cm long by 2 cm wide.
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It is a tropical plant.
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Edible fruits
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Distribution

Cola porphyrantha world distribution map, present in Kenya

Conservation status

Cola porphyrantha threat status: Critically Endangered

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:905877-1
WFO ID wfo-0000614501
COL ID WWVH
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Cola porphyrantha