{{Short description|Genus of plants}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Kaim (Mitragyna parviflora)- Young tree W IMG 1229.jpg | image_caption = ''Mitragyna parvifolia'' | display_parents = 2 | taxon = Mitragyna | authority = Korth. | type_species = ''Mitragyna parvifolia'' | type_species_authority = (Roxb.) Korth. | synonyms = *''Fleroya'' {{Au|Y.F.Deng}} *''Hallea'' {{Au|J.-F.Leroy}} *''Mamboga'' {{Au|Blanco}} *''Paradina'' {{Au|Pierre ex Pit.}} *''Stephegyne'' {{Au|Korth.}} }}
'''''Mitragyna''''' is a genus of trees in the family Rubiaceae found in the tropical and subtropical regions of Asia and Africa.<ref name=POWO/> Members of this genus contain antimalarial and analgesic indole alkaloids.<ref name=Definitions/>
The genus name refers to the mitre-shaped stigma (Greek mitra = headband and gyne = women).<ref name=Verstraete2025/>
==Species== {{As of|2026|February}}, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:<ref name=POWO/> *''Mitragyna ciliata'' {{Au|Aubrév. & Pellegr.}} — Afrotropics *''Mitragyna diversifolia'' {{Au|(Wall. ex G.Don) Havil.}} (syn. ''Mitragyna javanica'' {{Au|Koord. & Valeton)}} — Indomalaya *''Mitragyna hirsuta'' {{Au|Havil.}} — China and Mainland Southeast Asia *''Mitragyna inermis'' {{Au|(Willd.) Kuntze}} — Afrotropics *''Mitragyna parvifolia'' {{Au|(Roxb.) Korth.}} — Indomalaya *''Mitragyna rotundifolia'' {{Au|(Roxb.) Kuntze}} — China and Mainland Southeast Asia *''Mitragyna rubrostipulata'' {{Au|(K.Schum.) Havil.}} — Afrotropics *''Mitragyna speciosa'' {{Au|(Korth.) Havil.}} — Indomalaya *''Mitragyna stipulosa'' {{Au|(DC.) Kuntze}} (syn. ''Mitragyna ledermannii'' {{Au|(K.Krause) Ridsdale}}) — Afrotropics *''Mitragyna tubulosa'' {{Au|(Arn.) K.Schum.}} — India, Sri Lanka
==Image gallery== <gallery> File:Mitragyna Hirsuta.jpg|''Mitragyna hirsuta'' File:Mitragyna inermis MS 6290.jpg|''Mitragyna inermis'' File:Mitragyna parvifolia (5660625891).jpg|''Mitragyna parvifolia'' File:Mitragyna rotundifolia flower fruits.jpg|''Mitragyna rotundifolia'' </gallery>
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=POWO>{{cite web|last=POWO|title=Plants of the World Online|publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|date=2026|url=https://powo.science.kew.org/|access-date=2026-02-27}}</ref> <ref name=Definitions>{{cite web|url=http://www.definitions.net/definition/mitragyna|title=What does mitragyna mean?|author=|date=|website=www.definitions.net|access-date=5 March 2018|archive-date=5 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005050857/http://www.definitions.net/definition/mitragyna|url-status=live}}</ref> <ref name=Verstraete2025>{{cite journal|vauthors=Verstraete B, De Block P, Robbrecht E|year=2025|title=A survey of generic names in Rubiaceae (Gentianales) with notes on context and patterns in naming|journal=Taxon|volume=74|issue=5|pages=1153-1171|doi=10.1002/tax.13360|doi-access=free}}</ref> }}
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Category:Rubiaceae genera Category:Naucleeae Category:Taxa named by Pieter Willem Korthals