On The Meaning of Chewing The Significance of Qāt (Catha Edulis)in the Yemen Arab Republic
- 1 February 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in International Journal of Middle East Studies
- Vol. 18 (1) , 1-13
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s002074380003018x
Abstract
So writers the British administrator Harold Ingrams about the chewing of leaves from the qāt tree in Yemen. Qāt is the Arabic term for Catha edulis, a species of the Celastracae cultivated in the highlands of southwestern Arabia for at least the last six centuries. The leaves of this tree are chewed as a stimulant, producing a feeling of euphoria followed by depression.Keywords
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