Plant Details

Accepted name:: Mitragyna speciosa Korth. [Rubiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bein-sa	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
bia	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
biak	Other	Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 2. (2009) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
biak-biak	Other	Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 2. (2009) Mitragyna speciosa Use in N States, Malaysia (Ahmad & Aziz, 2012)
ketom	Other	Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 2. (2009)
ketum	Other	Mitragyna speciosa Use in N States, Malaysia (Ahmad & Aziz, 2012) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kotum	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kra thom	Other	Pl. Used in Phatthalung Province, Thailand (Maneenoon et al., 2015)
kratom	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Mitragyna speciosa Use in N States, Malaysia (Ahmad & Aziz, 2012) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
kratum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kutum	Other	Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 2. (2009) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
mitragynae folium	Pharmaceutical	Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 2. (2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaf		WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
leaves		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Leaf		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
leaves		Mitragyna speciosa Use in N States, Malaysia (Ahmad & Aziz, 2012)
leaves		Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 2. (2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Nauclea korthalsii Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 186 (1841), not validly publ.
Nauclea luzoniensis Blanco Fl. Filip., ed. 2.: 102 (1845).
Nauclea speciosa (Korth.) Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 140 (1856).
Stephegyne speciosa (Korth.) Korth. Verh. Nat. Gesch. Ned. Bezitt., Bot.: 160 (1842).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Mitragyna speciosa	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Mitragyna speciosa Use in N States, Malaysia (Ahmad & Aziz, 2012)
Mitragyna speciosa (Korth.) Havil.	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Mitragyna speciosa (Roxb.) Korth.	Pl. Used in Phatthalung Province, Thailand (Maneenoon et al., 2015)
Mitragyna speciosa Korth	Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 2. (2009)
Mitragyna speciosa Korth.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Mitragyne speciosa	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Mitragyne speciosa Korth.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Mytragyna speciosa Korth	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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