Glue
Cola acuminata
Origin: TROPICAL WEST AFRICA
Active ingredient: Caffeine
Use: Stimulant, social, and ritualistic.
Used as a postpartum tonic and aphrodisiac in West Africa, the kola nut is shared during various social and religious activities. In Brazil, as an obí in Afro-Brazilian religions, it serves as a tool for divination and as food for the orixás. The colonizers associated it with libido, addiction, and superstition.