Plant Details

Accepted name:: Catha edulis (Vahl) Endl. [Celastraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
abyssinia kat	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
abyssinia tea	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
african tea	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
arabian tea	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
arabian-tea	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
arabischer tee	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
boesmans tea	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
bushman's tea	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
cafta	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
catha	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
cati	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
chati	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
chirinda redwood	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
chrinda redwood	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
ciat	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
emairugi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
flower of paradise	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
gad	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
gat	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
igqwakra	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
jat	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kat	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kathstrauch	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
katstrauch	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
khat	Other	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
khat tree	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
khatstrauch	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
m'mke	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
mailyungi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mairungi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mamiraa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mandama	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
mfeike	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
miirungi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mira	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
miraa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
miungi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mlonge	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
msuruti	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
msuvuti	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
muirungi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mulungi	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
muraa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
murungu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mustdawhare	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
muzaramashawa	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
ol meraa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
olmeraa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
qat	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
quat	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
qât	Other	Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin & Pelt, 1982)
sallaa	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
somali tea	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tomoiyot	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tschat	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tumayot	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
té de arabia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
umhlwazi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
‫قات‬	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Roots, bark, leaves		Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
Leaves		Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
leaf		Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
leaf		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
leaf		Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin & Pelt, 1982)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 9 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Catha forsskalii A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 134 (1848).
Catha inermis J.F.Gmel. Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis].: 411 (1791).
Celastrus edulis Vahl Symb. Bot. 1: 21 (1790).
Dillonia abyssinica Sacleux Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 4: 603 (1932).
Catha glauca (Eckl. & Zeyh.) A.Chev. Rev. Int. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 29: 416 (1949).
Celastrus tsaad Ferreira & Galeotti ex Walp. Ann. Bot. Syst. 3: 841 (1852).
Hartogia thea E.Mey. in J.F.Drège, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Dokum.: 189 (1843).
Methyscophyllum glaucum Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral.: 152 (1836).
Trigonotheca serrata Hochst. Flora 24: 662 (1841).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Catha edulis	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Catha edulis (Vahl) Endl.	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Catha edulis (Vahl) Endlicher	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Catha edulis (Vahl) Forssk. Ex Endl.	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
Catha edulis (Vahl) Forssk. ex Endl.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015)
Catha edulis (Vahl) Forsskal Ex Endl.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Catha edulis (Vahl)Forssk. ex Endl.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Catha edulis (Vahl.) Forssk.	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
Catha edulis Forsk	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Catha edulis Forsk.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin & Pelt, 1982) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
Catha edulis Forskal	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Catha edulis Forssk.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Catha edulis Forsskal	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
Catha edulis Vahl.) Endl.	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Catha forsskalii A.Rich.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Catha inermis J.F.Gmel.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Celastrus edulis Vahl	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Dillonia abyssinica Sacleux	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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