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Ketum is a tree native to Southeast Asia (Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia,Bali and elsewhere). Its botanical name is Mitragyna speciosa. Ketum is in the same family as the coffee tree (Rubiaceae). The leaves of ketum have been used as an herbal product since ancient times by the peoples of Southeast Asia. It is used in folk medicine as a stimulant (at low doses), sedative (at high doses), pain killer, medicine for diarrhea, and treatment for opiate addiction as well as for its mood altering abilitys. The trees themselves are reaching 50 + feet and around 15 feet wide. The parts used from the tree are the leaf and stems with the leaves containing the bulk of the alkaloids. More than 25 alkaloids have been identified with the top three being: mitragynine, paynanthine and speciogynine. Mitragynine is believed to be the primary acting alkaloid and is specific to Mitragnya speciosa.