Mitragyna stipulosa is a species of flowering plant in the family
Rubiaceae. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Uganda, and Zambia.[1] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical swamps.[2] It is threatened by
habitat loss.
Phytochemicals
Mitragyna stipulosa leaf contains the alkaloids
Mitraphylline, rotundifoline, isorotundifoline,
rhynchophylline and isorhynchophylline.[3][4]
^McCarthy, J. (1962). "The Colonization of a Swamp Forest Clearing (With special reference to Mitragyna stipulosa)". East African Agricultural and Forestry Journal. 28: 22–28.
doi:
10.1080/00128325.1962.11661837.
^Beckett, A. H.; Shellard, E. J.; Tackie, A. N. (December 1963). "The Mitragyna Species of Ghana. The Alkaloids of the Leaves of Mitragyna Ciliata Aubr. Et Pellegr". The Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology. 15: Suppl 166–169.
doi:
10.1111/j.2042-7158.1963.tb11206.x.
PMID14101604.
S2CID10741027.