Catha edulis

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Celastrales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Celastrales

Familia: Celastraceae
Genus: Catha
Species: Catha edulis

Name

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Catha edulis (Vahl) Forssk. ex Endl., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 67: 63 (1775).

Synonyms

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  • Catha forskalii A. Rich.
  • Catha glauca (Eckl. & Zeyh.) A. Chev.
  • Catha inermis G. F. Gmel.
  • Celastrus edulis (Forsk.) Vahl
  • Celastrus tsaad Ferr. & Gal. ex Walp.
  • Celastrus tsaad Ferret & Galinier
  • Dillonia abyssinica Sacleux
  • Hartogia thea E. Mey.
  • Methyscophyllum glaucum Eckl. & Zeyh.
  • Trigonotheca serrata Hochst.

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Asia-Temperate
    • Regional: Arabian Peninsula
      • Saudi Arabia (Hejaz, C-Saudi Arabia), Yemen (N-Inner Yemen, W-Yemen)
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: Southern Africa
      • South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.), Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
    • Regional: Eastern Africa
      • Mozambique, Malawi, Tanzania, E-D.R. Congo (Zaire), Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, South Sudan,

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

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Primary references

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Vernacular names

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Afrikaans: Boesmanstee, Spelonketee
čeština: Kata jedlá
dansk: Khat
Deutsch: Kathstrauch
English: Abyssinian tea, African tea, Arabian tea, Arabic khat, Bushmen's tea, Wild tea
Esperanto: Ĥato
eesti: Katapõõsas
suomi: Khat
Nederlands: Qat
norsk nynorsk: Khat
norsk: Khat
polski: Czuwaliczka jadalna
português: Khat
русский: Кат
chiShona: mutsawhare, muzaramashawa
svenska: Kat
Türkçe: Gat
Tshivenda: luthadzi, iwani
isiXhosa: igqwaka
isiZulu: umhlwazi
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