Wild Roots Vs. Cultivated Roots

There are 2 types of Tongkat Ali in the general market today: Wild Tongkat Ali and Cultivated Tongkat Ali.
The type that you want to buy is Wild Tongkat Ali, because this is the only type that can give you the full benefits of this herb. Not the cultivated type. Reasons are as follows:

1. Artificial chemicals/fertilizers: Tongkat Ali plantation owners use fertilizer and chemicals to make the tree or roots grow faster. As nobody regulates what fertilizers and chemicals they can use, there is no saying what kind of harmful side effects they can cause the human body. This defeats the purpose of using natural herbs.
2. Age of the Tongkat Ali roots: In pursuit of fast profits, plantation owners normally harvest their Tongkat Ali roots as young as 4-7 years old, which means the roots have not even matured enough to provide full benefits of a "genuine" Tongkat Ali herb.

However the Tongkat Ali that most people buy in capsule, powder and coffee mixture form are all made from cultivated Tongkat Ali. The reason is simple: Wild Tongkat Ali is always in short supply and much much more expensive than cultivated type. In addition, there is no telling what other chemicals these manufacturers put into their so called Tongkat Ali products.

The way to tell Wild Tongkat Ali from Cultivated Tongkat Ali is to simply smell the root. The wild type has a strong odor which smells like ginseng and is yellowish in color. Cultivated types have almost no smell and is white or very light yellow in color.

Don't be fooled into buying useless products from the marketplace that don't work, or even harm you. Go for the original wild roots. You will surely experience the difference.