COLA NUT, KOLA NUT OR GOORA NUT.--The fruit of a small tree, native of the warmer parts of western Africa, and known to botanists as _Cola acuminata_, and of the Sterculiad family (_Sterculiaceæ_). In its native country it grows thirty to forty feet high. The leaves are oblong-elliptical, six to eight inches long, and pointed (acuminate), and from this it probably derived its specific name. The flowers are yellow, and produced in axillary racemes, and succeeded by simple bean-like pods, each containing several nut-like seeds, which the natives call cola or goora nuts. These nuts have long been an article of trade among the native tribes of Africa, they being valued for their supposed efficacy in allaying thirst, promoting digestion, giving strength, and preventing exhaustion during the performance of hard manual labor. This tree was early introduced into the West Indies and Brazil, but its reputation in Africa does not appear to have been sustained it its Western habitat. COQUILLA NUT.--The fruit of the Piassaba palm, _Attalea funifera_, a native of Brazil, where it grows about thirty feet high. The fruit is produced in bunches, and are each about three inches long, covered with a thin rind. The nut is very hard, and is used as a substitute for bone and ivory in the manufacture of articles for the household. COQUITO NUT.--This is the fruit of the wing-leaved palm of Chile, JUBÆA SPECTABILIS. It is a moderately tall species, and closely resembles, in general habit, the date palm. The nuts are edible, but they are of secondary importance, this palm being valued mainly for the sweet sap issuing from the stem when cut down, this continuing to exude from it for weeks after it is severed from the roots. The sap is gathered and boiled, and when reduced to the consistency of molasses becomes an article of commerce, under the name of Meil de Palma or palm honey. CREAM NUT.--A local name of Brazil nut. DAWA NUT.--See Litchi nut.