Catha edulis

Taxonavigation

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

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

Synonyms

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

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, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Forsskål, P. (†). 1775. Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica. Sive descriptiones plantarum, quas per Aegyptum inferiorem et Arabiam felicem detexit, illustravit Petrus Forskål. Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Ex officina Mölleri, Hauniae [Copenhagen]. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.41 BHL Reference page. : 67: 63.

Links

Hassler, M. 2019. Catha edulis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 September 30. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Catha edulis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 September 30. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Catha edulis. Published online. Accessed: September 30 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Catha edulis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 September 2019.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Catha edulis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

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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