Cola heterophylla
Family: Malvaceae
What it is like
A shrub. It grows 3 m high.
Also put in the family Sterculiaceae.
Where it is found
A tropical plant. It grows in the undergrowth in evergreen rain-forest in West Africa.
Countries/locations it is found in
Africa, Central Africa, Congo, Congo R, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, West Africa
How it is used for food
The leaves are eaten as a vegetable. The fruit are eaten raw.
Edible parts
Nuts, fruit, leaves, vegetable
How it is grown
Its other names
Local names
Bwujeha, Kofa-gole, Nyabule, Okoupo, We-ana