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v. t. e. Cannabis strains is a popular name to refer to plant varieties of the monospecific genus Cannabis sativa L.. They are either pure or hybrid varieties of the plant, which encompasses various sub-species C. sativa, C. indica, and C. ruderalis. Varieties are developed to intensify specific characteristics of the plant, or to differentiate ...
All known strains of Cannabis are wind-pollinated [16] and the fruit is an achene. [17] Most strains of Cannabis are short day plants, [16] with the possible exception of C. sativa subsp. sativa var. spontanea (= C. ruderalis), which is commonly described as "auto-flowering" and may be day-neutral.
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 (/ ˈkænəbɪs /), commonly known as marijuana (/ ˌmærəˈwɑːnə /), [ 2 ]weed, and pot, among other names, [ 3 ] is a non-chemically uniform drug from the cannabis plant. Native to Central or South Asia, the cannabis plant has been used as a drug for both recreational and entheogenic purposes and in various traditional medicines ...
A dried cannabis flower. The short-term effects of cannabis are caused by many chemical compounds in the cannabis plant, including 113 [clarification needed] different cannabinoids, such as tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), and 120 terpenes, [1] which allow its drug to have various psychological and physiological effects on the human body.
Cannabis indica is an annual plant species in the family Cannabaceae [ 1 ] indigenous to the Hindu Kush mountains of Southern Asia. [ 2 ] The plant produces large amounts of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) [ 3 ][better source needed] and tetrahydrocannabivarin (THCV), with total cannabinoid levels being as high as 53.7% [scientific citation needed].
Blue Dream. Industry trade name for sativa -dominant hybrid strain. [ 59 ] Blue Goo. Industry trade name for sativa -dominant hybrid strain, a mix of Blue Dream and Agoo, a combination of which gives it its name. [ 59 ][ 72 ] Bruce Banner. Industry trade name for cannabis strain. [ 73 ] Bubba Kush.
Cannabis plants can exhibit wide variation in the quantity and type of cannabinoids they produce. The mixture of cannabinoids produced by a plant is known as the plant's cannabinoid profile. Selective breeding has been used to control the genetics of plants and modify the cannabinoid profile.