Cola gigantea--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 14 Dec 03. 116.jpg
Native to Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, DR Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Sudan-South Sudan, Togo, Uganda (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Ghana, Eastern, Akuapim (Aburi, Aburi Botanic Gardens)
5.8512, -0.17296
Location Remarks
Aburi village, 30 km north of Accra
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malvales
Family
Malvaceae
Genus
Cola
Specific Epithet
gigantea
Authorship
A.Chev.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 3.2
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.2
Global rank
#221,565 of 335,497
Top 67%
Extinction probability
6%
