Cannabis Genomes Suggest the Plant Originated in East Asia

[Zeedox]

Cannabis Genomes Suggest the Plant Originated in East Asia

Researchers took a comprehensive look at the genetic history of the psychoactive plant.

gizmodo.com

A team of researchers just examined 110 different marijuana genomes to figure out the origin of the plant. Their findings put the genesis of Cannabis sativa in northwest China.

The research combined 82 newly sourced genomes with 28 publicly available genomes for hemp and drug-type cannabis plants.

 

[Gomez Adams]

I had always heard it was from Asia and was brought west. Guess this sort of nails it down.

 

[Hugo Stiglitz]

I always thought it was from central America.

 

[Gomez Adams]

I actually did too for years.

 

[Zeedox]

This article is talking about Sativa being from China. There is also the Indica species which appears to have originated in the Hindu Kush mountains.

 

[Hugo Stiglitz]

This article is talking about Sativa being from China. There is also the Indica species which appears to have originated in the Hindu Kush mountains.

So that's why they call it kush. I was wondering where the hell that name came from.