& ValetonMamboga capitata Blanco Mitragyna diversifolia[2] is a tree species in the family Rubiaceae and found in Asia.
[3] Mitragyna diversifolia is a deciduous under-story tree, that reaches up to 15 m in height.
The leaves are ovate-oblong to elliptic-ovate, averaging 146 × 93 mm in size, obtuse apex to shortly acuminate.
[5] It is distributed through the forests of China (Yunnan), Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Burma, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.
The genus mitragyna has been used traditionally to alleviate symptoms of fever, coughing, diarrhea, muscular pain and deworming,[6] although antioxidant and antimicrobial properties have also been found.