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Catha edulis
Khat (Catha edulis), also known as '''Bushman's tea, especially in South Africa, is a species of flowering plant in the family Celastraceae, and the sole species in genus Catha'''. It is a shrub or tree native to eastern and southern Africa, ranging from Ethiopia and South Sudan to Angola and the Cape Provinces of South Africa. It grows in montane riverine and evergreen forests from 1,100 to 2,400 metres elevation.
Paan
Hindi word for betel used for a stimulating and psychoactive preparation combined with areca nut and/or cured tobacco
chewing tobacco
tobacco

Gutka
right|thumb|upright=1.1|Gutka street vendor in Himachal Pradesh, India

coca plant
Coca refers to any of the four cultivated plants in the family Erythroxylaceae, native to western South America. It is known worldwide for its psychoactive alkaloid, cocaine. The leaves contain cocaine, which acts as a mild stimulant when chewed or consumed as tea; this traditional use involves slower absorption than purified cocaine, and there is no evidence of addiction or withdrawal symptoms from such natural consumption.
dipping tobacco
type of finely ground or shredded, moistened smokeless tobacco product