Cola mossambicensis

Moçambique cola
Leaf on long petiole with pulvinus
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Malvaceae
Subfamily:	Sterculioideae
Genus:	Cola
Species:	C. mossambicensis
Binomial name
Cola mossambicensis Wild

The Moçambique cola (Cola mossambicensis) is a large evergreen forest tree endemic to central Moçambique and Malawi. As with other Cola species the flowers are carried in clusters on old wood and the seed is released when the mature fruits split longitudinally.

References

• Trees of Southern Africa, K C Palgrave, 1984 ISBN 0-86977-081-0