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Featured accessionRSC-MAR-HOC-0119900001

Morocco Collected 1990 Landrace IBL Low priority

Ketama 'Beldia' 1990 is a landrace cannabis inbred line accession reproduced by the Real Seed Company, derived from Beldia landrace seeds originally collected in Ketama, Morocco in the early 1990s.

PopulationReproductionShort-day

Recorded usesRecreation, Medicine

CollectionSeedsMulti-generation reproduction

Field cycleHarvest August–September

PreservationThe Real Seed Company

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Rif Mountains

The traditional kif cultivation zone of northern Morocco and one of the longest-standing drug-type cannabis landscapes still under farmer management.

Kirivong

Southern Cambodia

Koch Bihar

North Bengal Plains

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Western Himalayas

Malana Valley

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Tantric cannabis use in India is the ritual use of cannabis, consecrated under the name vijayā, within Hindu and Buddhist Tantric practice. The plant is documented in the Sanskrit alchemical and Tantric literature from about the 12th century, and in Bengali Śākta ritual in texts codified between roughly the 11th and 18th centuries.

In the Sanskrit lexicons and medical compendia vijayā names the plant and its drug substance, alongside bhaṅgā, mātulānī and jayā. The drink used in ritual is one preparation of it. The Tantric use is distinguished by the consecration: the sādhaka converts ordinary plant material into a ritual offering by mantra and gesture before consuming it.

The alchemical and Tantric texts use a vocabulary of their own for the plant, preferring names such as trailokyavijayā ("victorious in the three worlds"), trijagajjaitrī and śakrāśana to the ordinary medical bhaṅgā. Meulenbeld treats this as a register distinction, and notes that medical authors begin to adopt the alchemical names only from the 16th century. read more →

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18 Jul 2026 · Journal of Cannabis Research

Terroir-driven phenolic chemotypes and antioxidant/antimicrobial activities of Beldia (Cannabis sativa L.) seed extracts

Abstract Geographical variation in the phenolic composition and bioactivity of Moroccan Beldia (Cannabis sativa L.) seeds remains insufficiently characterized, limiting their rational valorization as bioactive resources. This study investigated aqueous extracts from defatted seeds collected in Ketama, Taounate, and Ouazzane using HPLC–DAD phenolic profiling, antioxidant and antimicrobial assays, and molecular docking. Data are reported as mean ± SD (n = 3), and regional differences were evaluated by one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s test when applicable. Clear regional discrimination was observed. Ouazzane gave the highest extraction yield (8.08 ± 0.24%), total phenolic content (16.13 ± 0.48 mg GAE/100 g DM), total flavonoid content (6.78 ± 0.20 mg QE/100 g DM), and total antioxidant capacity (565.80 ± 5.90 mg AAE/g), whereas Ketama showed the strongest DPPH scavenging activity (IC₅₀ = 10.25 ± 0.03 µg/mL). HPLC–DAD revealed distinct chemotypes dominated by 4-hydroxybenzoic acid (33.26–36.63%), with Taounate enriched in vanillic acid (35.00%) and caffeic acid (20.44%). Antimicrobial assays showed the best MIC values against Micrococcus luteus (0.50 ± 0.01 mg/mL) and Geotrichum candidum (0.12 ± 0.00 mg/mL). Docking highlighted flavonoid-type constituents as the most plausible active contributors, with catechin hydrate and rutin showing the strongest affinity toward CYP51 (-9.6 kcal/mol). Moroccan terroir strongly shapes the functional profile of Beldia seed extracts and supports region-guided sourcing for future bioactive applications.

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1 Jul 2026 · Plant Disease

Screening Diverse Cannabis sativa Germplasm for Resistance to Golovinomyces ambrosiae

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30 Jun 2026 · Acta Theologica

Cannabis Sativa, religion and society: Historical, medicinal, legal, and sacramental perspectives

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28 Jun 2026 · International Journal of Drug Policy

Value capture in the emerging medical cannabis global value chain: insights from South Africa

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19 Jun 2026 · bioRxiv

Sex chromosome-aware GWAS reveals XY-linked agronomic architecture and breeding targets in cannabis