Kuloa is a genus of plants in the laurel family (Lauraceae). It contains three species native to central Africa, which were previously classed in genus Ocotea.

Kuloa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Laurales
Family: Lauraceae
Genus: Kuloa
Trofimov & Rohwer[1]
Species

Accepted species edit

Three species are accepted:[1]

  • Kuloa ikonyokpe (van der Werff) Trofimov – Cameroon
  • Kuloa michelsonii (Robyns & R.Wilczek) Trofimov – eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda
  • Kuloa usambarensis (Engl.) Trofimov & Rohwer – eastern and central Africa, from Kenya to Malawi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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