Cola mossambicensis, the Mozambique cola, is a large evergreen forest tree of the family Malvaceae 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.

Cola mossambicensis
Leaf on long petiole with pulvinus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Cola
Species:
C. mossambicensis
Binomial name
Cola mossambicensis

References edit

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