Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cola nitida (Vent.) 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:
awase	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
bese	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
bese hene	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
bese kyem	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
bese-hene	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
bese-pa	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
bichy nut	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
bisi	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
bissy-bissy nut	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
bitter cola	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bitter-cola nut	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
bittere kolanuß	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bitterkola	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bose	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
chigban'bi	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
cola	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) 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) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
cola nut	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
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)
colae semen	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) EMA Com. Monog.: Cola spp., sem. (2010) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010)
colatero	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
eresele	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
esele	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
ewese	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
gbanja kola	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ghanja cola	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
goro	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
guli	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
guro	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
guru	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
guru nut	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
kola	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Cola spp., sem. (2010) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kola nut	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
kola, siemen	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Cola spp., sem. (2010)
kola-nut	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
kolabaum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kolanoot	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Cola spp., sem. (2010)
kolanuss	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
kolanut	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
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	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) EMA Com. Monog.: Cola spp., sem. (2010)
kolatier	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
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)
kě lè guǒ	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kě lè shù	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kě lè shǔ kē	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
nangoue	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
noz de cola	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
noz de gondja	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
noz-de-cola	Other	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010)
obi gbanja	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
oji	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
ombene	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
seme kolovca	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Cola spp., sem. (2010)
sămânţă de cola	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Cola spp., sem. (2010)
true kola	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
tshele	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
tshere	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
woro	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
wú tóng kē	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
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)
可乐属科	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
可乐果	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
可乐树	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
梧桐科	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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)
seed		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
fruit, leaf		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)
cotyledon	mature fresh or dried cotyledon(s)	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
seed	tincture, dry extract, fluid extract, powdered drug, vegetal drug	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
cotyledon	dried cotyledon	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010)
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 8 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cola vera K.Schum. Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 3: 15 (1902).
Bichea nitida (Vent.) Farw. Amer. J. Pharm. 94: 428 (1922).
Braxipis nitida (Vent.) Raf. Sylva Tellur.: 72 (1838).
Cola acuminata var. latifolia K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler, Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 5: 127 (1900).
Cola alba A.Chev. Compt. Rend. Hebd. Séances Acad. Sci. 150: 624 (1910).
Cola astrophora Warb. Tropenpflanzer 6: 627 (1902).
Sterculia cola Pers. Syn. Pl. 2: 239 (1806).
Sterculia nitida Vent. Jard. Malmaison: t. 91 (1805).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cola nitida	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Med. Fitoterápicos no Brasil (Carvalho et al., 2008) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Cola nitida (Vent.) A. Chev.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Cola nitida (Vent.) A.Chev.	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Cola nitida (Vent.) Schott & Endl.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. Trop. W Africa II (Oliver-Bever, 1983) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Cola nitida (Vent.) Schott et Endl.	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) 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) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Cola nitida (Vent.) Schott et Endlicher	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Cola nitida (Vent.) Schott. & Endl.	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
Cola nitida (Vent.) Shcott & Endl.	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Cola nitida (Ventenat) Schott et Endlicher	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
Cola nitida A. Chev.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Cola nitido	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Cola vera	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Cola vera K. Schum.	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
Cola vera K.Schum.	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)

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