Catha edulis

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	CELASTRALES	CELASTRACEAE

Scientific Name:	Catha edulis
Species Authority:	(Vahl) Forssk. ex Endl.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Lower Risk/least concern ver 2.3
Year Assessed:	1998
Annotations:	Needs updating
Assessor/s:	Hilton-Taylor, C.

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:	Native: Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Ethiopia; Kenya; Malawi; Mozambique; Rwanda; Saudi Arabia; South Africa (Eastern Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo Province, Mpumalanga); Swaziland; Tanzania, United Republic of; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe

Countries:

Native:

Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Ethiopia; Kenya; Malawi; Mozambique; Rwanda; Saudi Arabia; South Africa (Eastern Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo Province, Mpumalanga); Swaziland; Tanzania, United Republic of; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems:	Terrestrial

Systems:

Terrestrial

Bibliography [top]

	Friis, I. 1992. Forests and forest trees of Northeast Tropical Africa. Their natural habitats and distribution patterns in Ethiopia, Djibouti and Somalia. HMSO, Middlesex, UK. Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red Data List of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa. Hilton-Taylor, C. 1997. Red data list of southern African plants. 2. Corrections and additions. Bothalia 27(2): 195-209. Katende, A.B. 1995. Annotations to: WCMC printout of Trees of Uganda dated 23 Nov. 1995. Miller, A.G. 1997. Completed data collection forms and comments concerning the threatened trees of Socotra and Yemen. Oldfield, S., Lusty, C. and MacKinven, A. (compilers). 1998. The World List of Threatened Trees. World Conservation Press, Cambridge, UK. Timberlake, J.R. 1996. Annotations to the conservation listing of trees of Zimbabwe.

Friis, I. 1992. Forests and forest trees of Northeast Tropical Africa. Their natural habitats and distribution patterns in Ethiopia, Djibouti and Somalia. HMSO, Middlesex, UK.

Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red Data List of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.

Hilton-Taylor, C. 1997. Red data list of southern African plants. 2. Corrections and additions. Bothalia 27(2): 195-209.

Katende, A.B. 1995. Annotations to: WCMC printout of Trees of Uganda dated 23 Nov. 1995.

Miller, A.G. 1997. Completed data collection forms and comments concerning the threatened trees of Socotra and Yemen.

Oldfield, S., Lusty, C. and MacKinven, A. (compilers). 1998. The World List of Threatened Trees. World Conservation Press, Cambridge, UK.

Timberlake, J.R. 1996. Annotations to the conservation listing of trees of Zimbabwe.

Citation:	Hilton-Taylor, C. 1998. Catha edulis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 February 2012.
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