Garcinia kola often known as Bitter kola is a flowering plant found mostly in the tropical rain forest region of central and west africa. Inn folkloric medicine, every part such as the seeds, stems, and leaves has medicinal value. The seeds are edible and are consumed as an adjuvant to the true kola (Kola nitida) and for nedicinal purposes. In ethnomedicine, garcinia kola has been used as a purgative antiparasitic and antimicrobial agent, throat infection, diarrhea, bronchitis and as an aphrodisiac.
