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Internal ID UUID6440127959c9c482140418
Scientific name Cola gigantea
Authority A.Chev.
First published in Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 32 (1908)

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Cola gigantea var. gigantea
Cola gigantea var. glabrescens Brenan & Keay Kew Bull. 9: 266 (1954)

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Uganda
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Chad
      • Sudan
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Benin
      • Burkina
      • Ghana
      • Guinea
      • Ivory Coast
      • Nigeria
      • Togo
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Cameroon
      • Central African Republic
      • Zaïre

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World Flora Online wfo-0000614423
Tropicos 30401657
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:822694-1
The Plant List kew-2730604
Open Tree Of Life 3942840
NCBI Taxonomy 2708769
IUCN Red List 111392774
IPNI 822694-1
iNaturalist 341034
GBIF 7344948

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Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Evaluation of packaging, labels, and some physicochemical properties of herbal antimalarial products on the Ghanaian market Amekyeh H, Kumadoh D, Adongo DW, Orman E, Abubakar S, Dwamena A, Aggrey MO Heliyon 28-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10920373
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e27032
PMID:38463810
Epidemiology and Diagnostics of Cacao Swollen Shoot Disease in Ghana: Past Research Achievements and Knowledge Gaps to Guide Future Research Ameyaw GA, Domfeh O, Gyamera E Viruses 27-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10819116
doi:10.3390/v16010043
PMID:38257743
Ethnobotanical and ethnopharmacological survey of medicinal tree species used in the treatment of diseases by forest-fringe communities of Southwestern Ghana Asigbaase M, Adusu D, Musah AA, Anaba L, Nsor CA, Abugre S, Derkyi M Heliyon 14-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10788458
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e23645
PMID:38226220
Herbs Used in Antimalarial Medicines: A Study in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana Nortey NN, Korsah S, Tagoe M, Apenteng JA, Owusu FA, Oppong J, Attah AE, Allotey S Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 19-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10460277
doi:10.1155/2023/6697078
PMID:37636997
Selective and clear-cut logging have varied imprints on tree community structure in a moist semi-deciduous forest in Ghana Addo-Fordjour P, Afram IS, Oppong J Heliyon 04-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9649955
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11393
PMID:36387494
Floristic composition and turnover analysis in Dahomey Gap and the surrounding sub‐humid Togolese mountain minor forest refuges: Importance for biogeography and biodiversity conservation in sub‐Saharan Africa Adjossou K, Kokou K, Deconchat M Ecol Evol 04-Oct-2022
PMCID:PMC9532220
doi:10.1002/ece3.9304
PMID:36225837
The Energy Potential of Harvested Wood Fuel by Refugees in Northern Uganda Barasa B, Turyabanawe L, Akello G, Gudoyi PM, Nabatta C, Mulabbi A ScientificWorldJournal 22-Feb-2022
PMCID:PMC8888096
doi:10.1155/2022/1569960
PMID:35241976
Oxidative Stress as a Possible Target in the Treatment of Toxoplasmosis: Perspectives and Ambiguities Szewczyk-Golec K, Pawłowska M, Wesołowski R, Wróblewski M, Mila-Kierzenkowska C Int J Mol Sci 27-May-2021
PMCID:PMC8198901
doi:10.3390/ijms22115705
PMID:34071892
Herbal Medicine Use During Pregnancy: A Review of the Literature With a Special Focus on Sub-Saharan Africa El Hajj M, Holst L Front Pharmacol 09-Jun-2020
PMCID:PMC7296102
doi:10.3389/fphar.2020.00866
PMID:32581815
Chemical composition, anti-toxoplasma, cytotoxicity, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory potentials of Cola gigantea seed oil Atolani O, Oguntoye H, Areh ET, Adeyemi OS, Kambizi L Pharm Biol 24-Mar-2019
PMCID:PMC6442224
doi:10.1080/13880209.2019.1577468
PMID:30905238
Tree diversity and its ecological importance value in organic and conventional cocoa agroforests in Ghana Asigbaase M, Sjogersten S, Lomax BH, Dawoe E PLoS One 11-Jan-2019
PMCID:PMC6329512
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0210557
PMID:30633763
Traditional ecological knowledge-based assessment of threatened woody species and their potential substitutes in the Atakora mountain chain, a threatened hotspot of biodiversity in Northwestern Benin, West Africa Agbani PO, Kafoutchoni KM, Salako KV, Gbedomon RC, Kégbé AM, Karen H, Sinsin B J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 20-Mar-2018
PMCID:PMC5859633
doi:10.1186/s13002-018-0219-6
PMID:29558963
Infection of non‐host model plant species with the narrow‐host‐range Cacao swollen shoot virus Friscina A, Chiappetta L, Jacquemond M, Tepfer M Mol Plant Pathol 26-May-2016
PMCID:PMC6638213
doi:10.1111/mpp.12404
PMID:27010241
Chimpanzees Preferentially Select Sleeping Platform Construction Tree Species with Biomechanical Properties that Yield Stable, Firm, but Compliant Nests Samson DR, Hunt KD PLoS One 16-Apr-2014
PMCID:PMC3989313
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0095361
PMID:24740283
Antimicrobial and Anti-Inflammatory Activities of Pterygota macrocarpa and Cola gigantea (Sterculiaceae) Agyare C, Koffuor GA, Boamah VE, Adu F, Mensah KB, Adu-Amoah L Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 28-May-2012
PMCID:PMC3368549
doi:10.1155/2012/902394
PMID:22690251

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