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Coula edulis is a large evergreen forest tree from tropical West and Central Africa, grown mainly for its timber and its edible nuts, known as Gabon nuts. It is a single-species genus and is not grown as a garden or houseplant.
Coula is a monotypic genus of flowering plants. It contains the sole species Coula edulis, a tree native to western and west-central tropical Africa, ranging from Guinea to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Both the timber and nuts have a number of uses.
The species is native to tropical western Africa from Guinea to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is plentiful in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone.
Every part of the tree is used in both raw and finished states. Its timber and nuts are used extensively. The bark is used locally to produce rinses or enemas for loin pains or kidney problems. The wood is used to make pilings for bridges and railway ties in addition to charcoal and standard construction.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Coula 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.
