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Cola caricaefolia

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Type of Courtenia afzelii R.Br. [family STERCULIACEAE]

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Cola caricaefolia (G.Don) K.Schum. [family STERCULIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Keay,R.W.J. & Brenan,J.P.M., 1954 Courtenia afzelii R.Br. [family STERCULIACEAE ]

Flora

Entry for Cola caricaefolia (G. Don) K. Schum. [family STERCULIACEAE]

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)

Flora of West Tropical Africa

Reference Sources

Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 2,

Cola caricaefolia (G. Don) K. Schum. [family STERCULIACEAE], in Engl. Monogr. Afr. Sterculiac. 111 (1900), partly (Afzelius spec. only), excl. t. 11 B (?); Aubrév. Fl. For. C. Iv. 2: 248, t. 223, 1–4.

Sterculia caricaefolia G. Don [family STERCULIACEAE], Gen. Syst. 1: 517 (1831)

Courtenia afzelii R.Br. [family ], (1844)

Cola afzelii (R.Br.) Mast. [family STERCULIACEAE], in F.T.A1: 223 (1868).

Shrub or small tree, to 20 ft. high, inforest; leaves up to 32 cm. long and 46 cm. broad; flowers brown outside, purplish inside, outside varying to yellow-green, inside to red; fruiting carpels orange-pink.

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