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Cannabis sativa is an annual herbaceous flowering plant. The species was first classified by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. [1] The specific epithet sativa means 'cultivated'. Indigenous to Eastern Asia, the plant is now of cosmopolitan distribution due to widespread cultivation. [2]
Cannabis plants produce a unique family of terpeno-phenolic compounds called cannabinoids, some of which produce the "high" which may be experienced from consuming marijuana. There are 483 identifiable chemical constituents known to exist in the cannabis plant, [ 53 ] and at least 85 different cannabinoids have been isolated from the plant. [ 54 ]
Cannabis (/ ˈ k æ n ə b ɪ s /), [2] commonly known as marijuana (/ ˌ m æ r ə ˈ w ɑː n ə /), [3] weed, and pot, among other names, is a non-chemically uniform drug from the Cannabis plant. Native to Central or South Asia, cannabis has been used as a drug for both recreational and entheogenic purposes and in various traditional ...
Cannabaceae are often dioecious (distinct male and female plants). The flowers are actinomorphic (radially symmetrical) and not showy, as these plants are pollinated by the wind. As an adaptation to this kind of pollination, the calyx and corolla are radically reduced to only vestigial remnants found as an adherent perianth coating the seed. A ...
The plants have "thin, slightly fibrous stems" with little branching. The foliage is typically open with large leaves . [ 3 ] C. ruderalis reaches maturity much quicker than other species of Cannabis, typically 5–7 weeks after being planted from seed.
Check out where the money is, where the jobs are, and what the economic impact will be as the multibillion-dollar marijuana industry goes mainstream. Surprising facts about the marijuana industry ...
Georgia agencies joined forces to stop a marijuana manufacturing facility outside Waycross, seizing thousands of plants worth more than $22 million. More than 11,000 marijuana plants — worth $22 ...
More than 1,900 growing marijuana plants were located and destroyed, along with several hundred pounds of processed marijuana. Deputies also seized more than 200 suspected fentanyl pills ...