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Nomenclature
Cola nitida (Vent.) A. Chev. Sterculiaceae
Syn. Sterculia nitida Vent.
Standardized common name (English): cola
Botanical Voucher Specimen
Organoleptic Characteristics
Odor nutmeg- or rose-like, taste aromatic, astringent.
Source: Culbreth, D. (1917) A Manual of Materia Media and Pharmacology, 6th ed. [3]
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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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Microscopic Characteristics
High Performance Thin Layer Chromatographic Identification
Supplementary Information
Sources
- ↑ Images courtesy of the C.V. Starr Virtual Herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden http://sciweb.nybg.org/science2/VirtualHerbarium.asp
- ↑ Images courtesy of the C.V. Starr Virtual Herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden http://sciweb.nybg.org/science2/VirtualHerbarium.asp
- ↑ Culbreth, D. (1917) A Manual of Materia Media and Pharmacology, 6th ed.
- ↑ Culbreth, D. (1917) A Manual of Materia Media and Pharmacology, 6th ed.
- ↑ PlantaPhile http://plantaphile.com/
- ↑ PlantaPhile http://plantaphile.com/
- ↑ Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories http://www.alkemist.com
- ↑ Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories http://www.alkemist.com
