4629.000 Catha Forssk. ex Scop.

Description of the genus

Glabrous trees or shrubs. Stipules rapidly caducous. Leaves opposite on flowering shoots, alternate on vegetative ones. Inflorescence pedunculate, regularly dichasial. Flowers bisexual. Sepals 5, united at base. Petals 5. Disk intrastaminal. Stamens 5. Ovary superior. Stigmas 3. Fruit a dehiscent capsule. Seeds 1-3, winged.

Derivation of name: latinised from the Arabic word khat, referring to the leaves of the species which are chewed as a stimulant

Worldwide: 3 species from SW Arabia to South Africa

Zimbabwe: 1 taxon.

Catha edulis

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edulis (Vahl) Forssk. ex Endl.N,W,C,E,SDescription, Image

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Catha
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Catha.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=887, retrieved 28 March 2024

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