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Cannabis sativa
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Ndundu Lodge, Vumba
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Ndundu Lodge, Vumba
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Ndundu Lodge, Vumba
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Ndundu Lodge, Vumba
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Marydale Point Lake Chivero Recreational Park
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| Synonyms: |
Cannabis indica Lam. |
| Common names: | Cannabis (English) Hemp (English) Imbanje (Ndebele) Marijuana (English) Mbanje (Shona) |
| Frequency: | Occasional |
| Status: | Introduced |
| Description: | 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. |
| Notes: | Widely and often illegally cultivated for its resin, which is used a a recreational drug, locally known as "dagga". |
| Derivation of specific name: | sativa: cultivated, not wild |
| Habitat: | An occasionally naturalized weed, particularly in old cultivation. |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Native to Central Asia and widely naturalised in other parts of the world |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | W,C |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Saturday 29 March 2008 |
| Literature: |
Other sources of information about Cannabis sativa:
Flora of Zimbabwe: native/naturalised Cannabis sativa pageAfrican Plant Database: Cannabis sativa
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Cannabis sativa
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Cannabis sativa
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Cannabis sativa
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Cannabis sativa
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Cannabis sativa
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cannabis sativa
JSTOR Plant Science: Cannabis sativa
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Cannabis sativa
Tropicos: Cannabis sativa
West African Plants database: Cannabis sativa
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