Catha edulis Forssk. CELASTRACEAE Rainer W. Bussmann, Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana, and Grace N. Njoroge Synonyms Catha edulis Forssk.Forssk.: Catha edulis (Vahl.) Endl.; Celastrus edulis Vahl. Local Names Catha edulis: Kikuyu: Muirungi, Mailungi; Swahili: Mlonge, Miraa, Murungu; Maa: Ol-Merra; Marakwet: Liss; Kipsigis/Ndorobo: Tomayot; Samburu: Mamiraa; Somali: Kat; Shambaa: Muandama; Meru: Miraa, Muraa (Beentje 1994; Gachati 1989; Kokwaro 2009); English: Khat, Arabian tea, Abyssinian tea, Bushman’ s tea R. W. Bussmann (*) Department of Ethnobotany, Institute of Botany and Bakuriani Alpine Botanical Garden, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia Saving Knowledge, La Paz, Bolivia e-mail: rainer.bussmann@iliauni.edu.ge N. Y. Paniagua-Zambrana Department of Ethnobotany, Institute of Botany and Bakuriani Alpine Botanical Garden, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia Herbario Nacionál de Bolivia, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, La Paz, Bolivia G. N. Njoroge Department of Botany, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agricultura and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020 R. W. Bussmann (ed.), Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Africa, Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77086-4_37-1 1