Cola nitida (nut)

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Nomenclature

Cola nitida (Vent.) A. Chev.   Sterculiaceae  
Syn. Sterculia nitida Vent.  
Standardized common name (English): cola

Botanical Voucher Specimen

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Cola nitida A.Chev.
Source: Images courtesy of the C.V. Starr Virtual Herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden[1]

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Cola nitida A.Chev
Source: Images courtesy of the C.V. Starr Virtual Herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden[2]

Organoleptic Characteristics

Odor nutmeg- or rose-like, taste aromatic, astringent.

Source: Culbreth, D. (1917) A Manual of Materia Media and Pharmacology, 6th ed. [3]

Macroscopic Characteristics

Plants: Tree 15-20 M. (50-65°) high, smooth stem, leaves 15-20 Cm. (6-8') long, lanceolate-ovate, acuminate, flowers, staminate and pistillate, yellowish, fruit yellowish-brown, 5 segments, rough, woody, follicle 10-13 Cm. (4-5') long, each segment 1-3-seeded; seed 3-4 Cm. (1 1/5 - 1 3/5') long, 2-3 Cm. (4/5 - 1 1/5') thick and wide, oblong-ovate somewhat flattened or angular from mutual pressure, rounded on one side, and this irregularly infolded upon the other, brownish, mottled with blackish spots, yellowish-white inside, cotyledons of different size, thick, variously bent.

Source: Culbreth, D. (1917) A Manual of Materia Media and Pharmacology, 6th ed. [4]

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Source: PlantaPhile[5]

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Source: PlantaPhile[6]

Microscopic Characteristics

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Reddish polygonal cells filled with starch granules observed at 400x with Acidified Chloral Hydrate Glycerol Solution.
Source: Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories[7]

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Starch granules with concentric striations and a stellate, eccentric hilum seen under polarized light observed at 400x with EtOH + glycerin + IKI + chloral hydrate.
Source: Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories[8]


High Performance Thin Layer Chromatographic Identification

Supplementary Information

Sources

  1. Images courtesy of the C.V. Starr Virtual Herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden http://sciweb.nybg.org/science2/VirtualHerbarium.asp
  2. Images courtesy of the C.V. Starr Virtual Herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden http://sciweb.nybg.org/science2/VirtualHerbarium.asp
  3. Culbreth, D. (1917) A Manual of Materia Media and Pharmacology, 6th ed.
  4. Culbreth, D. (1917) A Manual of Materia Media and Pharmacology, 6th ed.
  5. PlantaPhile http://plantaphile.com/
  6. PlantaPhile http://plantaphile.com/
  7. Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories http://www.alkemist.com
  8. Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories http://www.alkemist.com
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