A Professor of Pharmacognosy, Maurice Iwu, whose publication about the potency of Garcinia (Bitter Kola) in reducing the replication of the Ebola Virus has become popular since the outbreak of the disease, has reiterated that the Bitter Kola is "not a cure for Ebola", as rumoured in some parts of Nigeria.
Since the outbreak of Ebola in Nigeria in July, Bitter Kola has become a commodity that many Nigerians want to have in their pockets or bags and eaten at intervals, as a result of the rumour that it could cure Ebola.