Kratopia Red Sumatra Kratom Powder, 50 g

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Kratopia Red Sumatra kratom is 50 grams of milled leaf from Mitragyna speciosa, the kratom tree, sold as a botanical product.

The tree and the maker

Kratom leaf comes from Mitragyna speciosa, an evergreen of the coffee family (Rubiaceae). Kew's plant database draws its native range from southern Indochina to New Guinea and includes Sumatra. You can recognise the leaf by its glossy dark green surface and its 12 to 17 pairs of veins.

The scientific record of the species starts in 1839 with the Dutch botanist Pieter Korthals. The genus name points to a bishop's mitre, the shape one botanical garden says he saw in the flower's pistils. Retailers describe Kratopia as a Dutch label sourcing its leaf in Sumatra.

What "Red" and "Sumatra" refer to

Sellers use the colour word for two things: the central vein of the harvested leaf and how that leaf was processed. Trade guides associate red with fully mature leaf and the longest drying, often outdoors, sometimes after fermentation. Red-vein powder is not red: guides describe dark green with brown or reddish tones.

"Sumatra" borrows the name of the Indonesian island. Treat it as a regional trade label for where the leaf is said to come from; botanists recognise no separate Sumatra variety. After drying, the leaf is milled to a fine powder and packed.

In the Kratopia Red Sumatra kratom pack

• Contents: 50 grams of powder
• Ingredients as listed: Mitragyna speciosa

Store the pack closed, cool, dry and dark; moisture makes fine powder clump.

Legal status and responsible use

The legal status of kratom differs from country to country, and you are responsible for checking the law where you live. This product is sold only to adults aged 18 and over and is not sold for human consumption. Kratopia's printed warning says to keep it out of reach of children and rules out use with high or low blood pressure, heart or lung complaints or diabetes, during pregnancy, and together with medication, drugs or alcohol.

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