Moçambique cola | |
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Leaf on long petiole with pulvinus | |
Conservation status | |
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.