What actually is Kratom? • 02.22.09
Strictly spoken it is a tree originating from South East Asia. The scientific name is mitragyna speciosa, and it is native to the remote regions of South East Asia.
It is a distant relative to the coffee plant. Colloquially spoken however Kratom usually denotes the leaves, or parts of these leaves, or extracts from these leaves or their parts that contain chemical agents specific for the Kratom plant. Such agents are generally called alkaloids.
Simply spoken: when you encounter the word Kratom, it usually means a drug or herbal remedy.
