Coula

Coula
Coula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Santalales
Family: Olacaceae
Genus: Coula
Baill.

Coula is a genus of one to three species of trees native to tropical Africa. Currently placed in the family Olacaceae, recent genetic evidence suggests this family is paraphyletic, and that Coula and related genera should be transferred to a new family Strombosiaceae.

Selected species
  • Coula cabrae Wildem. & Th. Dur. (syn. C. edulis var. cabrae)
  • Coula edulis Baill.

References

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