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Catha edulis Forssk.

Bushman's Tea

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
English Bushman's Tea
Other names Khat; Qat

Further information

COL
Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

States and Territories Saudi Arabia (Hejaz, C-Saudi Arabia); Yemen (N-Inner Yemen, W-Yemen); South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]; SW-Angola [I]; Zambia; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Malawi; Tanzania; E-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Kenya; Uganda; Rwanda; Burundi; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Sudan; South Sudan; China [I] (Hainan [I], Guangxi [I], S-Yunnan [I]); Honduras [c]
[I] = Introduced
[c] = Commercially cultivated

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Celastrales
Family Celastraceae
Genus Catha
Species edulis
Author citation Forssk.
Scientific name Catha edulis Forssk.

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC

Appearances

Bark

Bushman's Tea

, Bark , ©Dennis Wilson

Leaves

Bushman's Tea

, Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson

Branch

Bushman's Tea

, Branch , ©Dennis Wilson

Flowers

Bushman's Tea

, Flowers , ©Dennis Wilson