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

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ID8965740
AutoresDaniel Varisco (0000-0002-1307-7977, American Institute for Yemeni Studies, autor correspondente), Daniel Martin Varisco
Ano1986
Volume18
Fascículo1
Páginas1-13
Data de publicação1986-02-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoInternational Journal Middle East Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0020-7438 • E-ISSN: 1471-6380
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s002074380003018x
OpenAlexW2115555889
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas14
Referências 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