kingdom: Plantae >
subkingdom: Pteridobiotina Britton & Brown >
phylum: Tracheophyta >
class: Magnoliopsida >
order: Malvales Juss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl >
family: Malvaceae Juss. >
subfamily: Sterculioideae Beilschm. >
genus: Cola Schott & Endl. >
Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; South Africa (Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]