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Catha

Forssk. ex Scop. (1777)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Celastrales Family: Celastraceae Genus: Catha

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Shrubs, glabrous.

Stems:

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Opposite on mature branches and alternate on juvenile branches. Blades laminar. Margins obtusely serrate. Veins pinnate, secondary veins reticulate. Petiolate. Stipules present.

Flowers: Flowers in inflorescences axillary, cymose. Flowers bisexual (perfect), 5-merous, actinomorphic. Calyx of 5 free sepals. Corolla of 5 free petals. Anthers longitudinally dehiscent, introrse. Ovary superior, 3-locular, placentation axile; ovules erect, 2 per locule; style terminal, simple.

Fruit: Capsules cylindric; bony; loculicidally dehiscent. Seeds 1–3; with membranous; basal wing; cotyledons flat; connate; germination epigeous.

Ploidy:

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Historical Distribution

Accepted Subtaxa (in Hawai'i) (1)

Catha edulis (Vahl) Forssk. ex Endl.

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Island Status

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Intr. Hist. Nat.: 228 (1777)

Occurrences

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