Title:  Kola 
Additional Names:  Cola;  Soudan coffee;  Bissy nuts;  gooroo nuts;  guru nuts 
Literature References:  Dried cotyledons of Cola nitida Schott and Endl. or of other species of Cola, Sterculiaceae.  Habit.  West Africa; naturalized in West Indies, India, Ceylon.  Constit.  About 1.5% caffeine; theobromine, kola-red, kolatin; glucoside kolanin; kolazyme; kola-tannin, glucose, gum. 
Therap-Cat:  Analeptic.   |