Kratom is a tropical tree from the coffee family native to Southeast Asia with the latin name of Mitragyna speciosa. Its leaves are traditionally used as medicine for centuries by the native. This plant has many different kinds of active components, which makes it difficult to characterize as one particular type of use. The two main compounds, mitragynine and 7-hydroxymitragynine are the source of all of the Kratom’s effects you get.