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[[File:Kratom leafes.jpg|thumb|right|''Mitragyna speciosa'', ''kratom'']]
'''Mitragyna speciosa Korth'''. (commonly known as '''kratom''', also '''ketum'''),<ref name="int"/> is a tropical evergreen tree in the coffee family (Rubiaceae) . and it is native to Southeast Asia in the Indochina and Malaysia phytochoria (botanical regions). M. speciosa is indigenous to Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia, Myanmar, and Papua New Guinea where it has been used in traditional medicine since at least the nineteenth century.
== Description Uses== Mitragyna speciosa is an evergreen tree that can grow to a height of 25 m (82 ft) tall {{Uses|vomiting}}, {{Uses|diarrhoea}}, {{Uses|anorexia}}, {{Uses|darkened and the trunk may grow to a 0.9 m (3 ft) diameter. The trunk is generally straight and the outer bark is smooth and grey. The leaves are dark green and glossydry skin}}, {{Uses|psychosis}}, and can grow to over 14–20 cm (5.5–7.9 in) long and 7–12 cm (2.8–4.7 in) wide when fully open{{Uses|hypertension}}, are ovate-acuminate in shape{{Uses|indigestion}}, and opposite in growth pattern{{Uses|Diarrhea}}, with 12–17 pairs of veins. The flowers grow in clusters of three at the ends of the branches. The calyx-tube is 2 mm (0.079 in) long and has 5 lobes; the corolla{{Uses|stomach-tube is 2.5–3 millimetres (0.098–0.118 in) long.ache}}
== Uses Parts Used=={{Parts Used|Dried Folaige}}, {{Parts Used|Whole herb}}.
==Common namenames=={{Common names|kn=|ml=|sa=|ta=|te=|hi=|en=Agrimony}}
===Rasa=== ===Guna=== ===Veerya=== ===Vipaka=== ===Karma=== ===Prabhava=== ==Habit=={{Habit|Semi-deciduous Tree}} ==Identification=====Leaf==={{Leaf|Simple|alternate|The leaves of the kratom tree are a dark green colour and can grow to over 7 inches (180 mm) long and 4 inches (100 mm) wide}}<ref name="Leaf"/> ===Flower==={{Flower|Unisexual|3-5cm long|Yellow|5-20|The flowers are crowded in a round terminal inflorescences which are three to five centimeters long}} ===Fruit==={{Fruit|simple|7–10 mm (0.28–0.4 in.) long pome|clearly grooved lengthwise, Lowest hooked hairs aligned towards crown|With hooked hairs|}} ===Other features=== ==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==* [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract'' ==Where to get the saplings====Mode of Propagation=={{Propagation|Seeds}}. ==How to plant/cultivate==Kratom originates from hot, latitude part of the world, and therefore prefers warm latitude, even drench-like situations. Only this reason alone it makes growing Kratom naturally from seed in the open air is a difficult, at least if you want to see the sweet of growth that Kratom is able<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/> ==Commonly seen growing in areas=={{Commonly seen|Tall grasslands}}, {{Commonly seen|meadows}}, {{Commonly seen|Borders of forests and fields}}. ==Photo Gallery==<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">File:Odermennig.jpgFile:Agrimonia eupatoria02.jpgImage:Agrimonia eupatoria MHNT.BOT.2004.0.jpg</gallery> == References == <references><ref name="intchemical composition">[httpshttp://npgswebwww.emcdda.ars-grineuropa.goveu/gringlobalpublications/taxonomydetail.aspx?417532 Mitragyna speciosa information from NPGSdrug-profiles/GRINkratom "Pharmacology"]</ref></references>
<ref name== External Links =="Leaf">[http://eol.org/pages/1106532/details "plant description"]</ref>
==External Links==
* [https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/pharmacology-toxicology-and-pharmaceutical-science/mitragyna-speciosa Mitragyna speciosa on sceince direct]
* [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11419-015-0305-6 Chemical characterization and in vitro cyto- and genotoxicity of ‘legal high’ products containing Kratom]
* [http://eol.org/pages/1106532/details Mitragyna speciosa on encyclopedea of life]
[[Category:Herbs]]