Kola nut, Bitter kola, Alligator pepper and black pepper

الوصف

KOLA NUT
KOLA NUT IS A CFFEINE- CONTAINING NUT OF EVERGREEN TREES OF THE GENUS COLA, PRIMARILY OF THE SPECIES COLA ACUMINATE AND COLA NITIDA  COLA ACUMINATA, AN EVERGREEN TREE OF ABOUT *0 METRE IN HEIGHT. THE FRUIT IS A STAR SHAPED FRUIT, INSIDE THE THE FRUIT , ABOUT A DOZEN ROUND SHAPE SEEDS DEVELOP IN A WHITE SEED SHELL. THE NUT"S AROMA IS SWEET AND ROSE LIKE. THE FIRST TASTE IS BITTER, BUT IT SWEETENS UPON CHEWING. THE NUT CAN BE BOILED TO EXTRACT THE COLA.

KOLA NUTS COMPRISES ABOUT 2% CAFFEINE, AS WELL AS CONTAINING KOLANIN AND THEOBROMINE, ALL THREE CHEMICAL FUNCTION AS STIMULANTS.

USES

THE KOLA NUT ARE BEST KOWN TO THE WESTERN CULTURE AS AFLAVORING INGREDIENT AND ONE OF THE SOURCES OF CAFFEINE IN COLA AND OTHER SIMILARY FLAVORED BEVERAGES.
 

BITTER KOLA (GARCINIA KOLA)

THIS IS SOMETIMES REFERS TO AS G. AFZELII, IS A SPECIES OF FLOWERING PLANT IN THE CLUSIACEAE OR GUTTIFERAE FAMILY.

THE FRUIT, SEED, NUT AND BARK OF THE PLANT HAVE BEEN USED FOR CENTURIES IN FOLK MEDICINE TO TREAT AILMENTS FROM COUGHS TO FEVER. GARCINIA KOLA IS TRADITIONALLY USED BY AFRICAN MEDICINE MEN WHO BELIEVE THAT IT HAS PURGATIVE, ANTIPARASITIC AND MICROBIAL PROPERTIES. THE SEED ARE  USED FOR BRONCHITIS, THROAT INFECTIONS, COLIC, HEAD OR CHEST COLDS AND COUGH, IT CAN ALSO BE USED FOR LIVER DISORDER