Cola chlamydantha
K. Schum.
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit, Sap
The fruit pulp is eaten, and the sap from the fruit or branches is used in sauces. The seeds are chewed.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows from sea level to 900 m above sea level.
Africa, Cameroon, Central Africa, Central African Republic, CAR, Congo DR, Congo R, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinée, Liberia, 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 tree. It grows 20 m tall. The flowers are in the trunk. The flowers are deep red. The fruit carpels are green to red. They are 14 cm long. There are 9-12 follicles arranged in a ring. They have 20-24 bright red seeds.
Names & Synonyms
Akadan, Fiya-ma, Ngolo-ngolo
Chlamydocola chlamydantha (K. Schum.) M. BodardCola flamignii De Wild.Cola lescrauwaetii De Wild.Cola mirabilis A. Chev.Sterculia mirabilis (A. Chev.) Roberty
References (2)
- Ferns, Useful Tropical Plants
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
