*Travel Info>>>General - Africa & Middle East Travel Info

WHAT IS QAT?

Travel Info
WHAT IS QAT?

Travel Tips

I think you mean this:
"Khat (Catha edulis, family Celastraceae), pronounced "cot" and also known as qat, gat, tschat, and miraa, is a flowering plant native to tropical East Africa. Believed to be originated in Ethiopia, it is a shrub or small tree growing to 5-8 m tall, with evergreen leaves 5-10 cm long and 1-4 cm broad. The flowers are produced on short axillary cymes 4-8 cm long, each flower small, with five white petals. The fruit is an oblong three-valved capsule containing 1-3 seeds."

"Khat has been grown for use as a drug for centuries in parts of Africa mainly Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. There, chewing khat predates the use of coffee and is used in a similar social context. Its fresh leaves and tops are chewed or, less frequently, dried and consumed as tea, in order to achieve a state of euphoria and stimulation." Source(s): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/qat...

Other Travel Tips
QAT means Qatar, a country in the persian gulf
Modified 1 year ago