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What is Cannabis

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Cannabis is described by the USDA as;
Symbol: CASA3
Group: Dicot
Family: Cannabaceae
Duration: Annual
Growth Habit: Forb/herb

And classified as;

Cannabis sativa L. - All Marijuana

Rank - Scientific Name - and Common Name
Kingdom - Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom - Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision - Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division - Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class - Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass - Hamamelididae
Order - Urticales
Family - Cannabaceae – Hemp family
Genus - Cannabis L. – hemp
Species - Cannabis sativa L. – marijuana
https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=casa3


Academic use

For legal, research and statistical reference, "marijuana" generally refers to the dried leaves and flowering tops (herbal cannabis), with by-products such as hashish or hash oil being uniquely defined and regulated.[22][23][24][25] Many legal references prefer the term "cannabis", for instance in the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs. However, many laws and regulations often use the term "marihuana" or "marijuana", for instance the Controlled Substances Act in the United States. Cannabis reform organizations, such as the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws and Marijuana Policy Project, alongside political organizations like Help End Marijuana Prohibition Party of Australia and the Marijuana Party of Canada, also use this term.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marijuana_(word)

Final notable characteristic in my opinion is;

Cannabis sativa L. is a C3 plant but can use the C4 pathway when the temperature/humidity is optimal, or in a tropical region. This is an evolutionary change that Cannabis may have followed in order to thrive in desert/tropical locations, thus raising THC production to survive in warmer climates.

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GMO wrote:
Tue Jan 14, 2020 11:17 am
If you have any further information please feel free to add and share
I thought I knew what is Cannabis but not anymore after reading the above? :suicide:

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Bulls wrote:
Tue Jan 14, 2020 11:58 am
GMO wrote:
Tue Jan 14, 2020 11:17 am
If you have any further information please feel free to add and share
I thought I knew what is Cannabis but not anymore after reading the above? :suicide:
😂😂 I feel like that everytime I talk to GMO
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Re: What is Cannabis

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I love cannabis. If it was a fish, it would be a salmon - constantly swimming upstream and then is has sex and dies happy.
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