A plant genus of the family CELASTRACEAE. The leafy stems of khat are chewed by some individuals for stimulating effect. Members contain ((+)-norpseudoephedrine), cathionine, cathedulin, cathinine & cathidine.
Synonyms: edulis, Catha Catha eduli Cathas Plants, Qat Mairungus Qat Plant Khats Catha Khat Catha edulis Miraa Qat Plants Mairungi Plant, Qat txid123405 Miraas txid123403
Term information
2002; MIRAA was indexed under PLANT EXTRACTS 1981-2002
2002; for MIRAA use MIRAA (NM) 1981-2002