The tree was a popular tourist destination for both Ghanaians and foreigners. By Thomas Naadi. BBC News, Accra. A man has appeared in court after a famous 300-year-old kola tree in southern Ghana ...

A sacred 300-year-old tree, believed by some people to have healing powers, has been cut down in the West African country of Ghana. Authorities have started looking for the people who illegally ...

The tree was spared during the construction of the highway because of its popularity The authorities in Ghana have launched a manhunt for the people who cut down a famous 300-year-old kola tree ...

An ancient kola tree has been cut down in southern Ghana. Local tradition held that the tree had grown on the spot where spiritual leader Komfo Anokye had spat a kola nut onto the ground three ...

The nut comes from the evergreen kola tree, which is found in the rainforests of Africa. Inside the tree’s star-shaped fruits are white shells, which contain the seeds or kola nuts.

The kola nut is the fruit of the kola tree (Cola acuminata and Cola nitida), indigenous to West Africa. The trees, which reach heights of 40 to 60 feet, produce a star-shaped fruit.

Bitter Kola, botanically known as Garcinia kola, is a popular plant from the evergreen kola tree in Central and Western Africa that has long been valued for its medicinal properties. Also called ...

A man has appeared in court after a famous 300-year-old kola tree in southern Ghana was chopped down. Pictures of the felled tree, located in the town of Feyiase, caused outrage among Ghanaians ...