Archive for the 'About Cannabis' Category

Aspects of Cannabis production and use

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

Medical Cannabis discusses its use as a medication.
Cannabis (drug) discusses its use as a recreational drug.
Spiritual use of cannabis discusses sacramental and religious use.
Hemp discusses its uses as a source of housing, oil, food, fibers, and industrial materials.
Cannabis (drug) cultivation discusses aspects of cultivation for medicinal and recreational drug purposes
Legality of cannabis focuses on the [...]

Various strains of cannabis

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

Although there are hundreds of strains of cannabis in existence, there are also many rumors and urban legends. Many alleged strains, such as Purple Haze, are very predominant in pop-culture (see right), but the actual existence of many of these strains is uncertain and the slang terms used to refer to these strains do not [...]

Cannabis Reproduction

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

Cannabis is predominantly dioecious, although many monoecious varieties have been described. Subdioecy (the occurrence of monoecious individuals and dioecious individuals within the same population) is widespread. Many populations have been described as sexually labile.
As a result of intensive selection in cultivation, Cannabis exhibits many sexual phenotypes that can be described in terms of the ratio [...]

Cannabis Taxonomy

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

The genus Cannabis was formerly placed in the Nettle (Urticaceae) or Mulberry (Moraceae) family, but is now considered along with hops (Humulus sp.) to belong to the Hemp family (Cannabaceae). Recent phylogenetic studies based on cpDNA restriction site analysis and gene sequencing strongly suggest that the Cannabaceae arose from within the Celtidaceae clade, and that [...]

Cannabis Description

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

Cannabis is an annual, dioecious, flowering herb. The leaves are palmately compound, with serrate leaflets. The first pair of leaves usually have a single leaflet, the number gradually increasing up to a maximum of about thirteen leaflets per leaf (usually seven or nine), depending on variety and growing conditions. At the top of a flowering [...]

Cannabis Etymology

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

The plant name cannabis is from Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis), via Latin cannabis, originally a Scythian or Thracian word, also loaned into Persian as kanab. English hemp (Old English hænep) may be an early loan (predating Grimm’s Law) from the same source. In Hebrew the word is קַנַּבּוֹס [qan:a'bos].
The further origin of the Scythian term is [...]

Cannabis

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

Cannabis (Cán-na-bis) is a genus of flowering plants that includes three putative species, Cannabis sativa L., Cannabis indica Lam., and Cannabis ruderalis Janisch. These three taxa are indigenous to central Asia and surrounding regions. Cannabis has long been used for fibre (hemp), for medicinal purposes, and as a psychoactive. Industrial hemp products are made from [...]