Forms of Kratom, Mitragyna speciosa
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Fresh Kratom leaves
Kratom inside South-East Asia is often times sold in the form of fresh leaves or tea. Fresh leaves are often times chewed to achieve the desired effects. Before leaves are sold or consumed, it is common for the stringy central veins to be removed. This is done to help prevent the nausea that can occur by using Kratom.
Dried Kratom leaves
Kratom outside South-East Asia is mostly sold as dried foliage and extracts. Foliage is often times shredded or powdered for making tea. This Kratom generally is not fresh, and is significantly more expensive, depending on its potency. Foliage is often times labeled by its potency, with such terms as standard strength, premium and super strength. Some vendors have also tested the alkaloid content of they're Kratom and categorized it. Most material falls in the range of 65 milligrams per 25 grams of material to 300 milligrams per 25 grams of material. Foliage tends to loose potency with time. Shredded and powdered material appears to loose potency faster than whole leaves. Freezing the plant matter can help prevent the loss of potency. It's interesting to note that although they're are many internet vendors, almost all of the Kratom sold outside South-East Asia appears to have come from only a few different sources.
Extract
Some Kratom users also make crude extracts by boiling large amounts of leaves in water, and evaporating the liquid until a thick resin remains. These extract can be stored for long periods of time. Extracts are often times eaten, or made into tea.
Most commercial extract appears in the form of thick, dark tar. Extracts tend to be made using acetic acid and water in the extraction process. These crude extracts are no where near pure alkaloids however. There is still a great deal of organic matter mixed in with the alkaloids. A few internet vendors have been reported to sell pure alkaloid extracts, but they are sold at a price range to high for most people.
Fake Kratom
Fake Kratom has also been widely sold in the past. This fake Kratom has been sold by some vendors with the name "mellow gold". There have been many claims of fake Kratom being sold in the past, but it appears that most Kratom on the market now is authentic. It is not known what plant matter was actually being sold as Kratom, but it is suspected that it is from a tree in the same family of genus.
Other Mitragyna varieties
There have been reports on other Mitragyna species than Kratom. Some offer Mitragyna shamanica, which does not contain Mitragynine, but is reported active. At the time of the writing of this article, no experience report has yet reached drugs-forum.com.
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Links
Kratom.net
Informational site on Kratom
Go to the ethnobotanicals forum
Ethnobotanicals forum of www.drugs-forum.com
Go to the Kratom forum
Kratom forum of www.drugs-forum.com
Erowid - Kratom
Kratom vault of erowid
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