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Cola urceolata is an evergreen shrub from Central Africa, growing up to about 3 m, grown for its edible fruit, seeds, flowers and leaves. Like other cola relatives, it needs warmth, humidity and a sheltered spot in cooler climates.
Cola urceolata, also known as bemange, bokosa, eboli, egwasa, ikaie, lekukumu, lungandu, lusakani, matadohohu, nesunguna, ngbilimo, ngono, and zimonziele, is a flowering shrub in the family Malvaceae. The specific epithet (urceolata) comes from Latin urceus (= pitcher, jug) and means "urn-shaped".
Cola urceolata is native to Central Africa, from southeastern Nigeria south to Kongo Central province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and northeast to southeastern Central African Republic.
The fruit and other edible parts of the plant are eaten raw or cooked in its native range.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cola urceolata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
