Mitragyna speciosa is an evergreen tree in the coffee family, native to Southeast Asia: Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and Borneo. What we sell is the leaf, harvested, dried and milled to a powder, or that same powder in a capsule shell. Nothing is added to it.
Green, red and white
What the vein colours mean
Green, red and white are not different plants. They describe the colour of the stem and vein at the point the leaf was picked.
- White veinEarliest
- Green veinMid-cycle
- Red vein usually dried longestLatest
- Maeng Da a grade, not a placeSelected
Same plant, different harvest point. Maeng Da marks leaf selected against a stricter standard at harvest, which is why it prices above a straight regional lot.
Regions and grades
Names like Sumatra and Borneo refer to where the leaf was grown. Maeng Da is not a place: it is a grading term for leaf selected against a stricter standard at harvest. Plantation Maeng Da and Maha Kali are limited runs, and the Reserve line narrows supply to a single farm and a single harvest.
Alkaloids
The two compounds most often measured are mitragynine and 7-hydroxymitragynine. Their concentration varies between batches, which is exactly why a certificate of analysis is tied to a single lot and not to a strain name. A vendor quoting one alkaloid figure for a product line rather than a batch is quoting you a number that cannot be true of every bag.
What we will not tell you
We will not tell you what kratom does for you, what it treats, or what it helps with. We are not qualified to and it would not be legal for us to try. We will tell you what is in the bag, where the leaf came from, when it was packed, and what the lab found.
Where Treasure Valley Naturals stands
Every lot we ship is tested by a third-party lab for alkaloids, heavy metals and microbial contamination, and the lot number on the front of the bag matches its certificate. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
Start with the catalog, let the Vein Finder point you to a bag, or bring home a sampler six-pack and try six veins before a kilo.
