Cola lateritia var. maclaudii

K. Schum; (A. Chev.) Brenan et Keay

Malvaceae Edible: Fruit pulp, Leaves, Seeds, Vegetable 10 iNaturalist observations

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Description

A medium to large tree. The trunk is 20 m tall and 1 m across. The leaves are alternate and simple. They are 10-30 cm long by 8-28 cm wide. The leaf stalk is 4-25 cm long. The fruit are 5-8 cm long. There are 4-6 seeds in each fruit follicle. There are 2 varieties of Cola lateritia.

Edible Uses

Young leaves are cooked and eaten as a vegetable, the fruit pulp is edible, and the nuts are chewed.

Traditional Uses

The young leaves are cooked and eaten as a vegetable. The fruit pulp is edible. The nut is chewed.

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Distribution

A tropical plant. It grows in rainforest. It suits humid locations. It grows up to 1,000 m altitude.

Where It Grows

Africa, Benin, Cameroon, Central Africa, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, East Africa, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinée, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, West Africa, Zambia,

Cultivation

Plants are grown from seed. Seeds germinate in 6-21 days.

Notes

Also put in the family Sterculiaceae.

Also Known As

Alonzork, Bundone, Bunei, Bwalo, Ebouboure, Efok, Ekok, Fofoko, Ka-futu, Kechi shuan, Kumo, Mendeneu, Petit ouara, Tore

References (10)

Brink, M., 2007. Cola lateritia K.Schum. [Internet] Record from Protabase. Louppe, D., Oteng-Amoako, A.A. & Brink, M. (Editors). PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa), Wageningen, Netherlands. < http://database.prota.org/search.htm>. Accessed 15 October 2009.
Burkill, H. M., 1985, The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5. Kew.
Dalziel, 1937,
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 129

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Keay, R.W.J., 1989, Trees of Nigeria. Clarendon Press, Oxford. p 135
Malaisse, F., 1997, Se nourrir en floret claire africaine. Approche ecologique et nutritionnelle. CTA., p 59 (Cola lateritia)
Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 187
Savill, P. S. & Fox, J. E. D., Trees of Sierra Leone. p 251
Vivien, J. & Faure, J.J., 1985, Abres des forets dense d'Afrique Centrale. Agence de Cooperation Culturelle et Technique. Paris. p 452