Tongkat Ali is referred to Ali’s walking stick in Malay language. It is also dubbed as “Malaysian Ginseng” and popularly known as “Asian Viagra”. Another folk name of this plant is Longjack. The scientific name of Tongkat Ali is Eurycoma Longifolia.

 

Tongkat Ali is a flowering plant of the Simaroubaceae family. It is native to the jungles and rainforests of Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Indonesia. Tongkat Ali is grown in Southeast Asia near the equater of the original tropical moist forest in the sandy height, up to 12m, trunk diameter of 8-10cm, and can ages and grows beyond 30cm thick. Almost no bifurcation branches, leaves were long at the top of the umbrella. The roots usually will fork, the deepest into the earth up to 2m.

Tongkat Ali has been greatly noted for its amazing medical values in restoring health, strength and vitality. No doubt the entire plant contains medical value, but the roots have been extensively used as traditional and folk medicine.