Malvaceae FAMILY

Cola lateritia

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Cola lateritia is a deciduous tree usually growing 15 - 30 metres all, occasionally to 50 metres. The straight bole can be up to 30 metres high and 80cm in diameter, it has buttresses 1 - 2 metres wide at the base, though these are sometimes reduced to a flare[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a source of food, medicines, fibre and wood. It is occasionally cultivated[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Guinea to Dr Congo, south to northern Angola.

HabitatRainforests, gallery forests and secondary forests at elevations up to 1,000 metres[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ].