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<big>''[[Cola clavata]]'' Mast.</big>
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{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Cola clavata'' (PROTA)}}
:Protologue: Oliv., Fl. trop. Afr. 1: 222 (1868).
== Description ==
*Evergreen, dioecious medium-sized tree up to 30 m tall; bole often branched low; bark brownish grey to pale green, smooth; branchlets first stellate-pubescent but soon glabrous. *Leaves alternate, simple and entire; stipules c. 3 mm long, caducous; petiole up to 6.5 cm long, slightly swollen at base and apex; blade narrowly obovate to elliptical, up to 13(–23) cm × 6(–10) cm, base cuneate, apex obtuse to obtusely acuminate, leathery, glabrous, pinnately veined with c. 10 pairs of lateral veins. *Inflorescence an axillary fascicle on 1–3-year-old branches. *Flowers unisexual, regular; pedicel 5–10 mm long, pubescent; calyx stellate-pubescent; petals absent. *Fruit consisting of 1–3 club-shaped follicles c. 2 cm × 1 cm, narrowing into a stalk-like base, stellate-pubescent, 1-seeded. *Seed oblong-ellipsoid, c. 2 cm × 1.5 cm, shiny brown.
== Other botanical information ==
== Author(s) ==
* M. Brink , PROTA Network Office Europe, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 341, 6700 AH Wageningen, Netherlands
== Correct citation of this article ==
Brink, M., 2007. '''Cola clavata''' Mast. [Internet] Record from PROTA4U. In: Louppe, D., Oteng-Amoako, A.A. & Brink, M. (Editors). PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa / Ressources végétales de l’Afrique tropicale), Wageningen, Netherlands. <http://www.prota4u.org/search.asp>. Accessed {{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}.
