Cola mossambicensis

Cola mossambicensis
Leaf on long petiole with pulvinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Subfamily: Sterculioideae
Genus: Cola
Species: C. mossambicensis
Binomial name
Cola mossambicensis
Wild

Cola mossambicensis, the Moçambique cola, is a large evergreen forest tree of the family Malvaceae endemic to central Moçambique and Malawi. As with other Cola species the flowers are carried in clusters on old wood and the seed is released when the mature fruits split longitudinally.

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