Description

BITTER KOLA

Botanical Name:

Garcinia Kola

Common Name:

Orogbo, Bitter cola

Commonly Found Region:

Benin, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Mali, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone

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G. kola, commonly known as bitter kola or male kola, is used in traditional African medicine for the treatment of various infectious diseases, such as hepatitis, infections due to the influenza virus and other viral diseases.

Garcinia kola is an edible seed, which belongs to a unique group of plants that help organisms to adapt to stress by influencing multiple regulatory systems responsible for stimulus–response coupling such as the immune system and act also as a general anti-infective agent.

NUTRITION PROFILE

HEALTH BENEFIT

• Used for treating throat infection
• In treating diarrhea
• Used in treating bronchitis
• It is used as a phrodisiac
• Used as anti-parasitic and antimicrobial agent.

More on benefits

SIDE EFFECT

The Caffeine inside bitter kola can cause restlessness insomnia,  headache, dehydration anxiety etc.

Possible used in food preparation :

Juices

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