Colona (plant)

Colona
Colona auriculata: leaves & capsules
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Subfamily: Grewioideae
Genus: Colona
Cav. (1789)
Species

see text

Synonyms
  • Columbia Pers.
  • Diplophractum Desf.

Colona is a genus of flowering plant in the Malvaceae sensu lato or Tiliaceae: now placed in the subfamily Grewioideae. It is native to the eastern Indian subcontinent, Indochina, south-central China, Malesia, and New Guinea.