Kola Nut 
 
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Group:
Plants
Area(s) Where Listed As Endangered:
Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Uganda


Species/Common Names:
Cola attiensis
Cola boxiana
Cola bracteata
Cola cecidiifolia
Cola duparquetiana
Cola gigas
Cola glabra
Cola hypochrysea
Cola letestui
Cola lourougnonis
Cola lukei
Cola metallica
Cola mossambicensis
Mocambique Cola
Cola nigerica
Cola octoloboides
Cola philipi-jonesii
Cola porphyrantha
Cola praeacuta
Cola reticulata
Cola scheffleri
Cola suboppositifolia
Cola umbratilis

Facts Summary:
Cola (commonly known as the Kola Nut species) is a genus of plants of concern and found in the following area(s): Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Uganda.

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Copyright Notice: This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Cola (plant)".

Status/Date(s) Listed as Endangered

  Scientific Name Status Listing Date Range
1. Cola attiensisEN-IUCN1998Cote d'Ivoire
2. Cola boxianaEN-IUCN1998Ghana
3. Cola bracteataVU-IUCN1998Uganda
4. Cola cecidiifoliaCR-IUCN2003Cameroon
5. Cola duparquetianaVU-IUCN1998Uganda
6. Cola gigasVU-IUCN1998Nigeria
7. Cola glabraVU-IUCN1998Nigeria
8. Cola hypochryseaVU-IUCN1998Cameroon, Nigeria
9. Cola letestuiVU-IUCN1998Gabon
10. Cola lourougnonisEN-IUCN1998Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire
11. Cola lukeiEN-IUCN2003Tanzania
12. Cola metallicaCR-IUCN2003Republic of Congo
13. Cola mossambicensisVU-IUCN1998Malawi, Mozambique
14. Cola nigericaCR-IUCN2000Nigeria
15. Cola octoloboidesEN-IUCN1998Kenya
16. Cola philipi-jonesiiEN-IUCN1998Nigeria
17. Cola porphyranthaEN-IUCN1998Kenya
18. Cola praeacutaCR-IUCN2004Cameroon
19. Cola reticulataVU-IUCN1998Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea
20. Cola scheffleriVU-IUCN1998Tanzania
21. Cola suboppositifoliaVU-IUCN2003Cameroon
22. Cola umbratilisVU-IUCN1998Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana

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