Cola acuminata
Summary 3
Cola acuminata belongs to the family Malvaceae and its fruits are harvested from the forests of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The fruits are rough, mottled and up to 8 inches long and contain large, flat and bright red coloured seeds, commonly known as Kola nuts.
Sources and Credits
- (c) Dick Culbert, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://www.flickr.com/photos/92252798@N07/9906050364/
- Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/Cola_acuminata_-_K%C3%B6hler%E2%80%93s_Medizinal-Pflanzen-190.jpg
- (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cola_acuminata
More Info
- iNat taxon page
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- BOLD Systems BIN search
- eFloras.org
- Flora of North America (beta)
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
- IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
- NatureServe Explorer 2.0
- SEINet Symbiota portals
- Tropicos
- World Flora Online
