The Arabic name is قات, regularly romanized as qāt. In English, the spellings qat and khat were equally common until about 2000, when the khat spelling became more common. Other romanizations include kat, quatt, qaad, qhat, ghat, and chat. It also goes by various descriptive names, such as Abyssinian Tea, Somali Tea, Miraa, Arabian Tea, Jimaa, and Kafta in its endemic regions of the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.: In the African Great Lakes region, where Catha edulis is in some areas cultivated, it is known as miraa, muhulo and muirungi. In South Africa, the plant is known as Bushman's Tea. Other names for khat include Chat Tree and Flower of Paradise.