Cola heterophylla
(P. Beauv.) Schott et Endl.
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Nuts, Fruit, Leaves, Vegetable
The leaves are eaten as a vegetable, the fruit are eaten raw, and the nuts are consumed.
Where to Find It
A tropical plant. It grows in the undergrowth in evergreen rain-forest in West Africa.
Africa, Central Africa, Congo, Congo R, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, West Africa,
Countries: Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Benin, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Comoros, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Tunisia, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
How to Identify
A tropical shrub growing 3 m high found in the undergrowth of evergreen rainforests in West Africa.
Notes
Also put in the family Sterculiaceae.
Names & Synonyms
Bwujeha, Kofa-gole, Nyabule, Okoupo, We-ana
References (9)
- Burkill, H. M., 1985, The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5. Kew.
- Diop, A. l., et al, 2021, Cultural importance of wild edible plants in three sympatric communities: Agni, Akyé and Gwa in the Department of Alépé (Southeast of Côte d’Ivoire). Ethnobotany Research and Applications 22:35. p 6
- Grubben, G. J. H. and Denton, O. A. (eds), 2004, Plant Resources of Tropical Africa 2. Vegetables. PROTA, Wageningen, Netherlands. p 560
- Jardin, C., 1970, List of Foods Used In Africa, FAO Nutrition Information Document Series No 2.p 33
- Melet. bot. 33. 1832
- Menninger, E.A., 1977, Edible Nuts of the World. Horticultural Books. Florida p 41
- Nkeoua, G. & Boundzanga, G. C., 1999, Donnees sur les produits forestieres non ligneux en Republique du Congo. FAO. p 22
- Wickens, G.E., 1995, Edible Nuts. FAO Non-wood forest products. FAO, Rome. p154
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
