Taxon:
Cola acuminata (P. Beauv.) Schott & Endl.
Summary
Place of publication:
Melet. bot. 33. 1832
Verified:
11/06/1985
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
English
abata cola – cola – colatree – goora-nut – kola – French
kolatier sauvage – German
Cola-Pflanze – Kolabaum – Kolanuß – Portuguese
coleira – Portuguese (Brazil)
colateira – gorra – noz-de-cola – Spanish
colatero – Swedish
abata-kola –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Angola | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Benin | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Nigeria | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Togo | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Cameroon | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Equatorial Guinea | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Zaire | | |
Native
Africa
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Benin, Nigeria, Togo
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Zaire
Economic Uses
Food additives
Materials
wood (fide Pl Res SEAs 16:79. 2000) – Medicines
folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2; Pl Res SEAs 16:79. 2000) – Social
masticatory (nuts are used in ceremonies fide Dict Econ Pl) –