The kola nut is a caffeine-containing nut of evergreen trees of the genus Cola, primarily of the species Cola acuminata and Cola nitida. Cola acuminata, an evergreen tree about 20 meters in height, has long, ovoid leaves pointed at both the ends with a leathery texture.The trees have cream flowers with purplish-brown striations, and star-shaped fruit consisting of usually 5 follicles.

People. Koła, a Polish noble family; Kola people, Gabonese pygmies; Kola or Kula people (Asia) of Cambodia and Thailand; Gyele people, also known as the Kola, Cameroonian pygmies; Rodgers Kola (born 1989), Zambian footballer; Places. Kola Peninsula, a peninsula in the far north of Russia; Kola Bay, also known as Kola Inlet, a fjord in Murmansk Oblast, Russia on …

The Brazil nut is a large tree, reaching 50 m (160 ft) tall, and with a trunk 1 to 2 m (3 ft 3 in to 6 ft 7 in) in diameter, making it among the largest of trees in the Amazon rainforest.It may live for 500 years or more, and can often reach a thousand years of age. The stem is straight and commonly without branches for well over half the tree's height, with a large, emergent crown of long ...

Macadamia is a genus of four species of trees in the flowering plant family Proteaceae. They are indigenous to Australia, native to northeastern New South Wales and central and southeastern Queensland specifically. Two species of the genus are commercially important for their fruit, the macadamia nut / ˌ m æ k ə ˈ d eɪ m i ə / (or simply macadamia).Global production in 2015 …

Garcinia kola (bitter kola (a name sometimes also used for G. afzelii) is a species of flowering plant belonging to the Mangosteen genus Garcinia of the family Clusiaceae (a.k.a. Guttiferae).It is found in Benin, Cameroon, The Gambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Mali, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal and Sierra Leone.Its natural habitat is subtropical or …

Canarium ovatum, the pili (Central Bikol and Filipino: pili, / ˈ p iː l iː / PEE-lee;), is a species of tropical tree belonging to the genus Canarium.It is one of approximately 600 species in the family Burseraceae.C. ovatum are native to the Philippines. They are commercially cultivated in the Philippines for their edible nuts and is believed to be indigenous to that country.

Pine nuts, also called piñón (Spanish: ), pinoli (Italian: [piˈnɔːli]), pignoli or chilgoza (Urdu: [چلغوزہ]), are the edible seeds of pines (family Pinaceae, genus Pinus).According to the Food and Agriculture Organization, only 29 species provide edible nuts, while 20 are traded locally or internationally owing to their seed size being large enough to be worth harvesting; in other ...

A sprocket, sprocket-wheel or chainwheel is a profiled wheel with teeth that mesh with a chain, track or other perforated or indented material. The name 'sprocket' applies generally to any wheel upon which radial projections engage a chain passing over it. It is distinguished from a gear in that sprockets are never meshed together directly, and differs from a pulley in that sprockets have ...

A nut is a fruit consisting of a hard or tough nutshell protecting a kernel which is usually edible. In general usage and in a culinary sense, a wide variety of dry seeds are called nuts, but in a botanical context "nut" implies that the shell does not open to release the seed (indehiscent).. Most seeds come from fruits that naturally free themselves from the shell, but this is not the …

Coca-Cola, or Coke, is a carbonated soft drink manufactured by the Coca-Cola Company.Originally marketed as a temperance drink and intended as a patent medicine, it was invented in the late 19th century by John Stith Pemberton in Atlanta, Georgia.In 1888, Pemberton sold Coca-Cola's ownership rights to Asa Griggs Candler, a businessman, whose marketing …