''Kuloa'' is a genus of plants in the laurel family (

Lauraceae Lauraceae, or the laurels, is a plant family that includes the true laurel and its closest relatives. This family comprises about 2850 known species in about 45 genera worldwide (Christenhusz & Byng 2016 ). They are dicotyledons, and occur m ...

). It contains three species native to central Africa, which were previously classed in genus ''

Ocotea ''Ocotea'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Lauraceae. Many are evergreen trees with lauroid leaves. There are over 520 species currently accepted within the genus, distributed mostly in tropical and subtropical areas of ...

''.

Accepted species

Three species are accepted: * '' Kuloa ikonyokpe'' – Cameroon * '' Kuloa michelsonii'' – eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda * ''

Kuloa usambarensis ''Kuloa usambarensis'' (synonym ''Ocotea usambarensis'') is a species of tree in the laurel family (Lauraceae). It is native to eastern Africa in Kenya, Tanga Region of Tanzania, and locally in Uganda, where it occurs at 1600–2600 m elevation ...

'' – eastern and central Africa, from Kenya to Malawi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo

References

Lauraceae genera Taxa described in 2020 Lauraceae Afromontane flora {{Laurales-stub