Agbaje Lateef receives funding from TETfund. The kola nut tree is grown for its seed. The tree is indigenous to west Africa, where it is widely cultivated. It’s now also found in Asia, South America ...

Bitter kola has a wealth of wonderful medicinal benefits but does it help with diabetes? Let's see if this native but can help. Signifying the importance of this second largest continent, Bitter kola ...

The kola nut that we’re all too familiar with in Ghana or bitter cola, (Cola Vera, Cola acuminata, Cola nitida) is a seed part from a tree from the Sterculiaceae family. The trees are native to ...

On a humid morning deep inside a West African forest, a farmer cracks open a ripe kola pod. Inside, the seeds shine like polished stones. They are bitter, caffeine-rich, and alive with cultural ...

Signifying the importance of this second largest continent, Bitter kola belongs to the species of a tropical flowering plant. It produces brown, nut like seeds, similar looking to kidney beans. Bitter ...