Malvaceae
Ghanja kola
Cola nitida
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Cola
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Common names
By language (12)
- Arabic
- جوز السودان, جوز الزلج/ كولا/ كوله
- arz
- كولا نيتيدا
- Azerbaijani
- Parlaq kola
- Bambara
- Woro
- Basque
- Kola
- Chinese
- 光亮可乐果, 光亮可樂果, 白可乐果, 白可拉
- Czech
- Kolovník lesklý
- English
- Ghanja kola
- Malayalam
- കോളമരം
- Polish
- Kola błyszcząca
- Swedish
- Äkta kolaträd
- Turkish
- Kola ağacı
Synonyms
- Bichea nitida (Vent.) Farw.
- Braxipis nitida (Vent.) Raf.
- Cola acuminata var. latifolia K.Schum.
- Cola alba A.Chev.
- Cola astrophora Warb.
- Cola vera K.Schum.
- Sterculia cola Pers.
- Sterculia nitida Vent.
Photos
Photo: Michael Hermann, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bruno Senterre, CC0, from iNaturalist 
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Photo: Michael Hermann, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michael Hermann, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michael Hermann, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James Steakley, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Satheesan.vn, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hiobson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hiobson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hiobson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.