Khat (Catha edulis)
Description
Catha edulis (khat, qat from Arabic) is a flowering plant native to the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. Among communities from these areas, khat chewing has a history as a social custom dating back thousands of years.
Taxonomic tree
-
Domain: Eukarya
-
-
Kingdom: Plantae
-
-
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
-
-
Class: Magnoliopsida
-
-
Order: Celastrales
-
-
Family: Celastraceae
-
-
Genus: Catha
-
-
-
-
-
-
