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Mitragyna
Mitragyna is a genus of trees in the Rubiaceae family found in the tropical and subtropical regions of Asia and Africa. Members of this genus contain antimalarial and analgesic indole alkaloids. The Rubiacae are the fifth-largest family of flowering plants by number of genera, and the fourth- or fifth-largest by number of species.
10 branches of this genus, most-observed first
True Kadamb
speciesMitragyna parvifolia
Mitragyna inermis
speciesMitragyna inermis
kratom
speciesMitragyna speciosa
Mitragyna diversifolia
speciesMitragyna diversifolia
Mitragyna stipulosa
speciesMitragyna stipulosa
Mitragyna rotundifolia
speciesMitragyna rotundifolia
Mitragyna rubrostipulata
speciesMitragyna rubrostipulata
Mitragyna hirsuta
speciesMitragyna hirsuta
Mitragyna ledermannii
speciesMitragyna ledermannii
Mitragyna tubulosa
speciesMitragyna tubulosa
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 431341.