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Coula

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Olacaceae

Order
  
Santalales

Rank
  
Genus

Coula

Similar
  
Olacaceae, Strombosia, Heisteria, Chaunochiton, Minquartia

Coca coula


Coula is a genus of one to three species of trees native to tropical Africa. Currently placed in the family Olacaceae, recent genetic evidence suggests this family is paraphyletic, and that Coula and related genera should be transferred to a new family Strombosiaceae.

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Selected species
  • Coula cabrae Wildem. & Th. Dur. (syn. C. edulis var. cabrae)
  • Coula edulis Baill.

    • Cracking open coula nuts


    References

    Coula Wikipedia
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