Kratom SOS. May be too late.

[Stonehenge]

Bongo, best of luck but it's probably a millon to one against it being a kratom. There is a better chance of finding one in Japan than in the states or uk. There are lots of plants that look similar.

[VajraPirate]

There are lots of plants that look similar.

Even the seedpods? Those things are pretty unique looking, to me.

[Stonehenge]

Lets hope it is a kratom but it's better to cool off high hopes than to encourage them. If it is a kratom it almost certainly belongs to someone. They may be persuaded to part with a cutting or a few seeds but finding a kratom just growing somewhere is like finding a winning lottery ticket.

[VajraPirate]

Yeah, if it were one you could bet it was paced there intentionally.

[Bongo]

I hear ya all. as mentioned, it is probably something else but it sure looks like it. That said, as I have only ever had small imature cutting, it is hard to judge what a mature tree would look like.
I will be off to shoot some photos of it in an hour or so.
Will post photos as soon as I get back.

[Bongo]

I think this was indeed a case of mistaken identity driven by that powerful force of wishful thinking. It appears that this tree I saw from the car is not Kratom but a loquat or biwa tree. Sorry people.
Strangely the leaves and seeds of the loquat tree seem to have some very potent chemicals in them which are reported to be used in therapies against some very serious life threatening diseases.
Well, at least some knowledge was obtained from the error. :oops:

http://www.planetherbs.com/articles/loquat_leaf.htm