Geographic Provenance of Marijuana Strains

[x cynic x]

Marijuana, Cannabis sativa L., is an annual plant that was thought in the past being a member of the great family of the Urticaceae; today the plant is more specifically classified as a kind of the Cannabinaceae family alongside Humulus Lupulus l. This means that doobies and beers are definitely related. Hemp grows from the Equator to the Sub-Arctic areas of the world: marijuana is indeed a wild grass "domesticated" by man for his various needs. A remarkable amount of intense light is required in order to grow and bloom properly: that's why in nature Ganja propagation occurs on the side of the rivers and in every exposed, sunny place; at present time, people are growing Cannabis in the smallest site they can put toghether at home. The most common handbooks of gardening will help you to figure out the basics of horticulture, after having revised quickly such literature you will explore in depth the world of indoor cannabis growing.
All modern marijuana hybrids derive from seeds coming from the following region of Origin(landraces list follows):
a) Brazil (0° to 30° south latitude). Strain: Brazilian Lemons (Sativa), the local "Maconha" also called "diamba" in Yoruba, the African-Brazilian language spoken by Candomblè communities in Recife. In Brazil it's also widespread a Paraguayan weed type named "Faso".
b) Colombia (Equator). Strains: Punta Roja (Purple tops), Cali Hills, Choco, Lowland, Santa Marta Gold and Panama Gold (Sativa).
c) Congo (Equator). Strain: Local marijuana (Sativa)
d) Afghanistan and Pakistan (30° to 37° North latitude). Strains: all deriving names from regions of Origin: Hash plants Mazar-i-Sharif, Kandahaar, Citral e Hindu Kush are types of cannabis Indica-Afganica grown for hashish production.
e) Southern India (10° to 20° latitude North). Tropical. Strain: Ganja from Kerala, Madras and Mysore (Sativa).
f) Jamaica (18° North latitude). Tropical. Strain: local hybrids of Caribbean, Colombian and Mexican strains imported into the island (Sativa).
g) Kenya (Equator). Strain: Marijuana from Kisumu (Sativa).
h) Lebanon (34° North latitude). Temperate. Strain: Hash plant (Indica) related to Hindu Kush strain.
i) Malawi (Equator). Strain: potent Marijuana local (Sativa).
j) Mexico (15° to 27° North latitude). Subtropical. Strain: Chapanera, Guerrera, Nayarit, Michoacan, Oaxaca, Acapulco Gold e Yucatan Gold (Sativa).
k) Rif Mountains valleys, Morocco (35° North latitude). Temperate. Strain: Hash plant related to Hindu Kush and Lebanon (Indica).
l) Nepal (26° to 30° North latitude). Subtropical. Strain: typical indigenous hash plant (Indica).
m) Russia (35° to 60° latitude North). Temperate and Arctic. Strain: Cannabis spontanica, Strain: Ruderalis.
n) South Africa (22° to 35° south latitude). Temperate. Strain: Dagga, local spontanica (Sativa).
o) Southeast Asia (10° to 20° North latitude). Subtropical. Strain: Cambodian, Laotian, Thai and Vietnamese (Sativa).

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	Good info!
	Good find newbie, keep up the good work

[mouthwater]

Interesting information. Do you have citations for this information, or can you cite where you copied this from?

[Trebor]

Good find, also, where did you get this info form?

[x cynic x]

A site called http://www.effettoserra.biz/english/main.htm that i checked out earlier today and found some useful information i was unaware of so i thought id post it

[radiometer]

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