Answer the following about Southeast Asian herbal supplements, for 10 points each.
[10e] In Vietnam, this franchise sells gotu kola, a nootropic juice said to lengthen elephants’ lives. This American convenience store offers many more items in Taiwan and Japan, where it competes with FamilyMart and Lawson’s.
ANSWER: 7-Eleven [or SEI or 7-Eleven, Inc.; accept Seven-Eleven Japan or SEJ or Kabushiki gaisha Sebun Irebun Japan; accept Seven & I Holdings Co.] (The plant is also known as Asiatic pennywort and the juice is called nước rau má.)
[10m] In 2021, Thailand decriminalized this drug, which was banned by Phibun’s (“pee-BOON’s”) military dictatorship in 1943. Several states ban gas stations from selling this stimulant’s red, white, and green strains, which come from Bornean rainforests.
ANSWER: kratom (“KRAY-tum”) [or Mitragyna speciosa; prompt on Mitragyna]
[10h] This city’s kedai kopi brew both a signature margarine-roasted white coffee and kopi jantan with the alleged testosterone booster tongkat ali. Kinta Valley tin mining enlarged this capital of Perak near the Cameron Highlands.
ANSWER: Ipoh (“EE-poh”) [or Ji Bou, Yíbǎo, Î-pó, or Īppō; accept Ipoh white coffee]
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