kola nut

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The kola nut is the fruit of the kola tree (Cola acuminata and Cola nitida), indigenous to West Africa. The trees, which reach heights of *0 to *0 feet, produce a star-shaped fruit. Each fruit contains between two and five kola nuts. About the size of a chestnut, this little fruit is packed with caffeine.
Kola nuts have a bitter taste when chewed fresh. When theyre dried, the taste becomes milder and they reportedly smell of nutmeg.

Claims have also been made that it treats:

• infections
• skin diseases
• ulcers
• toothaches
• morning sickness
• intestinal diseases
• depression
• low sex drive
• coughs and asthma
• dysentery
• constipation
• various eye problems