Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cola acuminata (P.Beauv.) Schott & Endl. [Malvaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
abata cola	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
abata-kola	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
atita	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
bissy	Other	Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011)
bissy nut	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
cola	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014) EMA Com. Monog.: Cola spp., sem. (2010) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
cola bark	Other	Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011)
cola nut	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
cola nut tree	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
cola nuts	Other	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
cola seed	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
cola, nuez de	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Cola spp., sem. (2010) Farmacopea Argentina, 8th edn. (2012)
cola-nut	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
cola-pflanze	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
colae semen	Pharmaceutical	EMA Com. Monog.: Cola spp., sem. (2010) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
colateira	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
colatero	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
colatier	Other	Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
colatree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
coleira	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
commercial cola or kola	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
evbe	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
goora nut	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
goora-nut	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gorra	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gouron	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
guru	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
guru nut	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
ibong	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
kempudale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kokkoroku	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
kola	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Cola spp., sem. (2010) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kola essence	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kola kaayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kola nut	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
kola nut tree	Other	Med. Pl. Trop. W Africa II (Oliver-Bever, 1983)
kola, siemen	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Cola spp., sem. (2010)
kola-nut	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
kolabaum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
kolanoot	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Cola spp., sem. (2010)
kolanuss	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
kolanuß	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kolanöt	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Cola spp., sem. (2010)
kolanød	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Cola spp., sem. (2010)
kolanøtt	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Cola spp., sem. (2010)
kolas koka sēklas	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Cola spp., sem. (2010)
kolasamen	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Cola spp., sem. (2010)
kolatier	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
kolatier sauvage	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kolové semeno	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Cola spp., sem. (2010)
koolaseeme	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Cola spp., sem. (2010)
kóladiómag	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Cola spp., sem. (2010)
makasso	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
mbonatzu	Other	Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
nkasu	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
noz-de-cola	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
obi	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
obi abata	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
oji-awusa	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
seme kolovca	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Cola spp., sem. (2010)
soudan coffee	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
sterculia acuminata	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
sămânţă de cola	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Cola spp., sem. (2010)
zarodek kola	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Cola spp., sem. (2010)
σπέρματα κόλα	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Cola spp., sem. (2010)
кола, семе	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Cola spp., sem. (2010)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
seed without testa		British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
Seeds		Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
seeds		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
semen		EMA Com. Monog.: Cola spp., sem. (2010)
Cotyledon		Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
bark		Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011)
seeds, fruits	dry seeds, dry fruits	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
bark		Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
fruit		Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
seed		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
seed	whole or fragmented, dried seeds	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
seed	whole or fragmented dried seed	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
seed	Whole or fragmented dried seeds, freed from the testa	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
seed	dried seeds, whole or in pieces	Farmacopea Argentina, 8th edn. (2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 23 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Bichea acuminata (P.Beauv.) Farw. Druggists' Circ. 61: 231 (1917).
Bichea solitaria Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 565 (1812).
Bichea sulcata Pierre ex A.Chev. Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 6: 129 (1911).
Braxipis grandiflora Raf. Sylva Tellur.: 72 (1838).
Clompanus longifolia Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 78 (1891).
Cola acuminata var. grandiflora (Vent.) K.Schum. Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 5: 125 (1900).
Cola acuminata var. kamerunensis K.Schum. Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 5: 125 (1900).
Cola acuminata var. trichandra K.Schum. Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 5: 125 (1900).
Cola grandiflora (Vent.) Schott & Endl. Melet. Bot.: 33 (1832).
Cola ledermannii Engl. & K.Krause Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48: 562 (1912).
Cola macrocarpa (G.Don) Schott & Endl. Melet. Bot.: 38 (1832).
Cola pseudoacuminata Engl. in H.G.A.Engler & C.G.O.Drude, Veg. Erde 9(III 2): 465 (1921).
Colaria acuminata Raf. Sylva Tellur.: 73 (1838).
Edwardia acuminata (P.Beauv.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 79 (1891).
Edwardia lurida Raf. Specchio Sci. 1: 158 (1814).
Helicteres paniculata Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 531 (1790).
Icosinia paniculata (Lour.) Raf. Sylva Tellur.: 75 (1838).
Lunanea bichy DC. Prodr. 2: 92 (1825).
Siphoniopsis monoica H.Karst. Fl. Columb. 1: 139 (1861).
Southwellia longifolia Raf. Sylva Tellur.: 73 (1838).
Sterculia acuminata P.Beauv. Fl. Oware 1: 41 (1805).
Sterculia grandiflora Vent. Jard. Malmaison: t. 91 (1805).
Sterculia macrocarpa G.Don Gen. Hist. 1: 515 (1831).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cola accuminata (P.Beuav.) Schott & Endl.	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Cola acuminata	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Cola acuminata (Beauvois) Schott et Endlicher	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Cola acuminata (P Beauv.) Schott & Endl.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Cola acuminata (P. Beauv.) Schott & Endl.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Cola acuminata (P. Beauv.) Schott and Endl.	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
Cola acuminata (P. Beauv.) Schott et Endl.	British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) EMA Com. Monog.: Cola spp., sem. (2010) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Farmacopea Argentina, 8th edn. (2012)
Cola acuminata (P.Beauv.) Schott & Endl.	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014) Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Trop. W Africa II (Oliver-Bever, 1983) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Cola acuminata (P.Beauv.) Schott et Endl.	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Cola acuminata (P.Beauv.) Schott. & Endl.	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
Cola acuminata (Pal.) Schott & Endl.	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Cola acuminata (Pall.) Schott & Endl.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Cola acuminata Palisot De Beauvois	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Cola acuminata S. Et. E.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Cola acuminata Schott & Endl.	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)

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