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.

尽管葡萄牙人参与贸易的时候，他们把可乐果和其他货物一起沿着海岸一路运送过来，但到了 1620 年，当英国探险家理查德·约伯森踏上冈比亚时，这种果实在他看来仍然十分稀奇。