可乐果

历史学家保罗·拉夫乔伊认为可乐果在西非的培植已经有几百年的历史了。

Historian Paul Lovejoy relates that the cultivation of kola nuts in West Africa is hundreds of years old .

但是，据说其中已经不再含有可乐果的萃取物了，而是依靠人工模仿来获取相同的口感。

But it 's said to no longer contain kola nut extract , relying instead on artificial imitations to achieve the flavour .

这种极其有效的新型植物制剂是从可乐果和海藻中提炼出来的。

The most effective new botanicals are extracts from cola nut and marine algae .

可卡因作为饮料添加剂最终私宠的时候，含有可乐果萃取物的可乐便流行起来。

When cocaine eventually fell from grace as a beverage ingredient , kola-extract colas became popular .

直至十六世纪时葡萄牙人的船队到达今天的塞拉利昂海岸时，欧洲人才知道可乐果的存在。

Europeans did not know of them until the 1500s when Portuguese ships arrived on the coast of what is now Sierra Leone .

但是，另外一半名称所代表的另一种成分可能名声就要差一些了，但却具有神奇的说服力:可乐果。

But the other half of the name represents another ingredient , less infamous , perhaps , but also strangely potent : the kola nut .

在西非，人们咀嚼可乐果来作为兴奋剂已有较长的历史了，因为这些果实中含有咖啡因，在茶叶、咖啡和巧克力中也存在咖啡因。

In West Africa , people have long chewed kola nuts as stimulants , because they contain caffeine that also occurs naturally in tea , coffee , and chocolate .

于是葡萄牙人加入其贸易，将这种果实和其他商品一起沿海岸线运出，但直到1620年英国探险家理查德·乔布森来到赞比亚时，可乐果在他看来依然十分稀奇。

And while the Portuguese took part in the trade , ferrying nuts down the coast along with other goods , by 1620 , when English explorer Richard Jobson made his way up the Gambia , the nuts were still peculiar to his eyes .

可可豆、杏仁和可乐果都是树木的种子。

Cocoa beans , almonds and kola nuts are tree products .

树上摘的可乐果。

Coia nut from the tree .

还有，尼日利亚人觉得甜食、蜗牛、河豚、可乐果等，孕妇也不宜食用。

Sweet food , snails , puffer meat , and kola-nuts are also added to an expectant Nigerian 's list of foods to avoid .

在1886年，亚特兰大的一位药剂师乔治亚用古柯叶和可乐果烹煮出一种又稠又甜的糖浆。

Back in 1886 , a pharmacist in Atlanta , Georgia cooked up a thick , sweet syrup made from coca leaves and kola nuts .

饮料中的可乐味道来自可乐果。

The Cola flavor in the drinks comes from the cola nut .

可口可乐最初是用古柯树叶和可乐果做成的一种糖浆，做为药品出售。

It was originally made from a syrup of coca leaves and cola nuts and sold as a medicine .