Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants
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5091.000 Cola
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 Zimbabwe: 2 cultivated taxa. |
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Links to cultivated taxa View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Content |
| greenwayi Brenan | Description, Image |
| millenii K. Schum. | Image |
Other sources of information about Cola:
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Flora of Malawi: ColaFlora of Mozambique: Cola
Flora of Zambia: Cola
Flora of Zimbabwe: Cola
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): ColaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Cola
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Cola
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Cola
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Cola
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cola
JSTOR Plant Science: Cola
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Cola
Plants of the World Online: Cola
Tropicos: Cola
Wikipedia: Cola
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