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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 Cola nitida (Sterculiaceae)

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Kola

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Ache(Tooth) Elsewhere *
Astringent Africa Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Astringent Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Digestion Nigeria Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Dysentery Africa Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Exhaustion Africa Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Hunger Nigeria Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Malaria Africa Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Nausea Africa Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Nervine Africa Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Nervine Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Poison Africa Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Restorative Africa Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Sedative Elsewhere *
Stimulant Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Stimulant Africa Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Stomachic Africa Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Tonic Africa Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Tonic Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Tonic Elsewhere *
*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.