How to use this tour
Reading an ingredient list can feel like reading a foreign language. Maca? Muira? Catuaba? This tour takes the names one at a time and explains, in everyday terms, what each ingredient is and where it comes from. We keep things descriptive: origin, appearance, and how each shows up in foods, teas or extracts. The Supplement Facts panel on the bottle shows the full details, including amounts, and our guide to reading that panel helps you through it.
The roots: Maca and Ashwagandha
Maca Root comes from a hardy plant grown high in the Andes of Peru. The root looks a bit like a small turnip or radish, and it is dried and ground into a beige powder. You will find maca powder at many natural food shops, where it is sold for stirring into oatmeal or smoothies.
Ashwagandha is a small shrub native to India and parts of Africa and the Middle East. The root is the part that is usually dried and ground or turned into an extract. The NCCIH ashwagandha overview gives neutral background on the plant and its names.
The leaf and the herb: Epimedium and Green Tea
Epimedium, nicknamed horny goat weed, is a genus of flowering plants native to parts of Asia and the Mediterranean. It forms low, heart-shaped leaves and small spidery flowers, and it is a favorite in shade gardens. The leaves are dried and processed into extracts.
Green Tea extract starts with the leaves of Camellia sinensis, the same plant that gives us black and oolong tea. Green tea is made from leaves that are lightly processed, which is why the brew is pale. It is among the most widely enjoyed drinks in the world, and the NCCIH green tea overview offers a friendly introduction.
The bark and wood: Muira Puama and Catuaba
Muira Puama is a small tree from the Brazilian Amazon. The name is Indigenous and is often translated as a type of wood. The bark and roots are the parts that are dried and made into extracts.
Catuaba extract comes from the bark of certain trees found in Brazil. Bark is usually dried, chopped and steeped or concentrated into an extract, much as many regional herbal teas are prepared.
The ground-hugging plant: Tribulus Terrestris
Tribulus terrestris is a low, creeping plant that grows in warm regions across Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. It produces small yellow flowers and spiky fruits, and gardeners often know it as a stubborn weed. Extracts are made from the plant's fruit, leaf or root.
The amino acid and the natural caffeine
L-Arginine is an amino acid, one of the building blocks of protein. It turns up in everyday protein foods such as poultry, fish, dairy, nuts and seeds. As an ingredient it is typically a white, crystalline powder.
Natural caffeine is listed on the label at 5 mg. Caffeine naturally occurs in plants such as tea leaves, coffee beans and cacao. The brand lists it as natural caffeine, which is one reason we never describe the gummy as caffeine-free.
Why labels use two names
Plants often carry both a common name and a Latin one. Horny goat weed and Epimedium are the same genus, and Camellia sinensis is the tea plant behind green tea. Labels may also state which part of the plant is used, such as root, bark, leaf or fruit, because the same plant can look quite different in each form. When you read any botanical label, look for three things: the name, the plant part and whether it is a whole powder or an extract. That quick habit makes unfamiliar lists much friendlier, and it works on every jar in the aisle, not just this one. Try it on the next jar you pick up, and you will be surprised how quickly the names stop feeling strange.
A quick reference table
- Maca Root: Andean root, dried and ground
- Epimedium: flowering plant, leaves dried into extracts
- Muira Puama: Amazonian tree, bark and root extract
- L-Arginine: amino acid found in protein foods
- Tribulus Terrestris: creeping warm-climate plant
- Catuaba: Brazilian tree bark extract
- Ashwagandha: shrub root from India and beyond
- Green Tea: Camellia sinensis leaf extract
- Natural caffeine: listed at 5 mg
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