On The Meaning of Chewing The Significance of Qāt (Catha Edulis )in the Yemen Arab Republic

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8965740
AutoresDaniel Varisco (0000-0002-1307-7977, American Institute for Yemeni Studies, autor de correspondencia), Daniel Martin Varisco
Año1986
Volumen18
Número1
Páginas1-13
Fecha de publicación1986-02-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal Middle East Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0020-7438 • E-ISSN: 1471-6380
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s002074380003018x
OpenAlexW2115555889
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas14
Referencias citadas7

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

Ancient history · Arabic · Ethnology · Feeling · Geography · Khat · Linguistics · Meaning (existential · Stimulant · Traditional medicine · History · Medicine · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology · Ziziphus Jujuba Studies and Applications