Cola mossambicensis

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Moçambique cola
Leaf on long petiole with pulvinus
Leaf on long petiole with pulvinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Subfamily: Sterculioideae
Genus: Cola
Schott & Endl.
Species: C. mossambicensis
Binomial name
Cola mossambicensis
Wild

The Moçambique cola 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.

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