Khat | |
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Catha edulis | |
Conservation status
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Scientific classification | |
Kinrick: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Rosids |
Order: | Celastrales |
Faimily: | Celastraceae |
Genus: | Catha |
Species: | C. edulis |
Binomial name | |
Catha edulis (Vahl) Forssk. ex Endl.
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Catha edulis (khat, qat frae Arabic: القات[1]) is a flouerin plant native tae the Horn o Africae an the Arabian Peninsula. Amang commonties frae thir auries, khat chowin haes a history as a social custom datin back thoosands o years.[2]