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Cannabis indica Lam. |
Common names: | Cannabis (English) Hemp (English) Marijuana (English) |
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Aromatic annual herb, up 3 m. Stems branched or not, angular; most parts with minute swollen-based hairs. Leaves palmate-digitate with 3-7 leaflets on a petiole up to 6 cm long; leaflets sessile, narrowly lanceolate, up to 15 cm; margin coarsely toothed or scalloped. Flowers in numerous clusters in the upper leaf axils, greenish-white, unisexual on different plants; male plants usually larger with more flowers and living longer after flowering. Fruit round to ovoid, up to c. 4 × 3.5 mm, often with conspicuous reticulate vein-patterns, when still surrounded by the persistent perianth. |
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Derivation of specific name: | sativa: cultivated, not wild |
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Worldwide distribution: | Native to Central Asia and widely naturalised in other parts of the world |
Growth form(s): | Annual. |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Literature: |
Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 31. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 43. Wild, H. (1955). Common Rhodesian Weeds Government of Rhodesia, Salisbury Page 55. (Includes a picture). Wilmot-Dear, C.M. (1991). Cannabaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(6) Pages 11 - 13. (Includes a picture). Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 90. |
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