Cola brevipes
K. Schum.
Malvaceae Edible: Leaves, Vegetable
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Description
A small tropical tree in the Malvaceae family that grows 3.5 m high in humid lowland rainforests of West Africa.
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Edible Uses
The leaves are cooked and eaten as a vegetable.
Traditional Uses
The leaves are cooked and eaten as a vegetable.
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Distribution
It is a tropical plant. It grows in humid lowland rain-forest in West Africa.
Where It Grows
Africa, Cameroon, Central Africa, Congo, Nigeria, West Africa,
Notes
Also put in the family Sterculiaceae.
References (3)
- Burkill, H. M., 1985, The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4. Kew.
- Grubben, G. J. H. and Denton, O. A. (eds), 2004, Plant Resources of Tropical Africa 2. Vegetables. PROTA, Wageningen, Netherlands. p 560
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
