“Mitragyna speciosa – Premium Kratom Leaf

“There is much controversy with this plant due to a crop of fake Kratom from France that was distributed worldwide in the recent past. It was part of the Rubiaceae family of plants, but it had to Mitragynine in it. Our Kratom has been verified as authentic by 2 independent sources, including Daniel Siebert.

“Kratom is legal everywhere except Thailand, and is known to ease the mind and energize the body in smaller amounts, while creating a vivid meditative repose that lasts 4-6 hours in larger amounts. Typically, 14 grams of Mitragyna speciosa was extracted into water, and drank in one gulp as a tea, or made into a resinous ball, then swallowed.

“This very rare herb is found only in very remote areas of South East Asia, Thailand, Malaysia, Myanmar, and elsewhere. Its botanical name is Mitragyna speciosa and is in the same family as the coffee tree Rubiaceae. Kratom leaves have long been used for medicinal purposes to treat diarrhea, worms and in Bangkok tuk-tuk drivers consume Kratom as an amphetamine substitute. In Malaysia an other parts of the world its used to help heal opium addiction.

“Over 25 alkaloids have been isolated from Kratom. The most abundant alkaloids consist of three indoles and two oxindoles. The three indoles are mitragynine, paynanthine, and speciogynine – the first two of which appear to be unique to this species. The two oxindoles are mitraphylline and speciofoline. Other alkaloids present include other indoles, and oxindoles such as ajmalicine, corynanthedine, mitraversine, rhychophylline, and stipulatine.

“Alkaloid content varies from place to place and at different times. Within each location, there is a quantitative variation in alkaloid content from month to month. While indole content seems to be fairly stable, oxindole content shows tremendous variation.

“Mitragynine is the dominant alkaloid in the plant. It was first isolated in 1907 by D. Hooper, a process repeated in 1921 by E. Field who gave the alkaloid its name. Its structure was first fully determined in 1964 by D. Zacharias, R. Rosenstein and E. Jeffrey. It is structurally related to both the yohimbe alkaloids and voacangine. The alkaloid content of the leaves of Mitragyna speciosa is about 0.5%, about half of which is mitragynine. An average leaf weighs about 1.7 grams fresh or 0.43 grams dried. Twenty leaves contain approximately 17mg of mitragynine. All leaves appear to contain mitragynine, speciogynine, paynanthine, and small quantities of speciociliatine. Oxindole alkaloids usually occur only in small or trace ammounts.

“Kratom has quickly become our top selling item here at the shop, and we hope that responsible use of this beautiful plant will help keep it legal indefinitely.

“But, we offer this extracted plant material strictly for external use only as an exotic incense. Not for human consumption.”