Cola nitida A.Chev.

  • Filed As

    Malvaceae
    Cola nitida A.Chev.

  • Collector(s)

    S. Kisseadoo 88, 18 Nov 1988

  • Location

    Ghana. Ashanti. Sekyere. Bobiri Forest Reserve.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 4953741

    Occurrence ID: 70eaa785-2227-4bd9-8b03-a72e41924b0b

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Malvales

  • Family

    Malvaceae

  • All Determinations

    Cola nitida A.Chev.

  • Region

    Africa

  • Country

    Ghana

  • State/Province

    Ashanti

  • Locality

    Sekyere. Bobiri Forest Reserve.

  • Coordinates

    6.63, -1.28

  • Location Notes

    [Africa]

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THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
Plants of Ghana
No. 88	STERCULIACEAE
Cola nitida
GHANA. Ashanti: Sekyere. Bobiri Forest
Reserve. 6°38’N, 1°17 * W. Moist
semi-deciduous forest with many lianas.
Humus of topsoil up to 20cm deep. Avg.of
1500mm/y rain.
Tree often cultivated (edible cola), 25m
tall. Round, crooked bole. Bark spongy,
smooth, gray. Slash purplish-cream or pink;
turns brown. Leaves simple, narrowly
elliptic, apex acuminate, base cuneate,
margin entire. Few, tiny, simple hairs mixed
with stellate hairs on leaf.
S. Kisseadoo	18	Nov	1988
Funded by the Rockefeller Foundation
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