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CATHA , the khat of the See also:Arabs, a See also:shrub widely distributed and much cultivated in See also:Arabia. and tropical See also:Africa from See also:Abyssinia to the Cape . The dried leaves are used for the preparation of a See also:kind of See also:tea and also as See also:tobacco . The plant is a member of the natural See also:order Celastraceae, a See also:family of shrubs and trees found in temperate and tropical climates and represented in See also:Britain by the spindle-See also:tree (Euonynzus europaeus) . |
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