Khat

Khat
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KHAT
Catha edulis
General Notes
Evergreen leaves have red coloration in fall. Leaves and twigs are toxic. SelecTree lists no cultivars of edulis.

Catha edulis (Bushman's Tea, Ghat, Khat, Qat, Family: Celastraceae)
Catharantus roseus, Vinca rosea (Madagascar Periwinkle, Vinca, Family: Apocynaceae)
Catophractes alexandri (Trumpet Thorn, Family: Bignoniaceae)
Cattleya sp., Laelia sp.

not been reported from Parnassioideae or from ex-Stackhousiaceae (Gunatilaka 1996). Monoamine alkaloids such as cathinone and cathine are potentially quite widely distributed in Celastreae (Simmons et al. 2008) and are the active principal in khat, ...

See also: Green, Evergreen, Staff Tree, Orange, Medic