[1] Cola rostrata is a tree growing to a height of about 50 ft (15 m) with a broad crown.

[2][3] Cola rostrata is native to southeastern Nigeria, southern Cameroon and Gabon.

[1] Cola rostrata has sweet edible fruits, enjoyed by humans and also appreciated by monkeys, baboons and other primates.

The edible part is the aril, the white fleshy mesocarp; the large, rough, brown, flattened seeds are not edible, unlike the seeds of the closely related cola nut (Cola nitida).

An extract of the root bark was found to contain flavonoids, phenols, saponins, steroids, tannins and triterpenoids but no alkaloids.