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5091.000 Cola Schott & Endl.

Description of the genus

Trees. Leaves entire (in ours); petiole swollen at the base and at the apex. Flowers unisexual, borne on fascicles on older wood. Calyx 4-5-lobed. Petals 0. Male flowers: anthers borne in 1(-2) rings on an androphore. Female flowers: carpels 4-5, coherent. Fruit consisting of woody carpels which split longitudinally.

Worldwide: c. 125 species in tropical Africa

Zambia: 1 taxon.

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Flora of Malawi: Cola
Flora of Mozambique: Cola
Flora of Rwanda: Cola
Flora of Zimbabwe: Cola
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Cola

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Cola
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Cola
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cola
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Cola
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Tropicos: Cola
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Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-25

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2025). Flora of Zambia: Genus page: Cola.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=956, retrieved 22 April 2025

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