Our Goal
Is to eliminate negative stigma of this ancient plant.
Three common plants
SATIVA
Cannabis sativa L. is one of the earliest known cultivated plants since agricultural farming started around 10,000 years ago (Schultes et al., 1974). It is a multi-purpose crop plant with diverse agricultural and industrial applications ranging from the production of paper, wood, and fiber, to potential use in the medicinal and pharmaceutical industries. The first-ever report to reveal the prospects of C. sativa L. as a medicinal plant was already published in 1843 and described the use of plant extracts to treat patients suffering from tetanus, hydrophobia, and cholera (O'Shaughnessy, 1843).
SOURCE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MEDECINE
Indica
Indica, like all cannabis, is a magical plant. From origin to modern use, Indica has survived for centuries as a healing aid for people worldwide. Historically, Indica has adapted as a desert and mountain grown crop in dry climates. Indica naturally grows across the Indian subcontinent as well as Central and Southern Asia. As cannabis is one of the oldest and most widespread crops, pinpointing the origins of the Indica strain is difficult but is thought to originate within the Hindu Kush mountains.
In 1785, samples of the indica strain reached Europe for the first time. With its ability to produce large amounts of CBD, Europeans rejoiced in the new strain and naturalist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck coined the term indica, meaning “Cannabis from India,” since its look and uses were clearly contrasting from the European-familiar sativa.
Ruderails
The term ruderalis stems from the root word ruderal. In the plant world, a ruderal species is one that grows in spite of its environment being inhabited by humans or being otherwise affected by naturally occurring disturbances to the area. Many believe ruderalis to be a descendant of indica genetics that adjusted to the harsh climates and the shorter growing seasons of the northern regions where it originates. Cannabis ruderalis is native to areas in Asia, Central/Eastern Europe, and specifically Russia, where botanists used the term “ruderalis” to classify the breeds of hemp plant that had escaped from human and cultivation, adapting to the extreme environments found in these climates.
Originally, cannabis ruderalis was considered a wild breed of cannabis. However, in recent years it has been brought indoors to influence new hybrid varieties.