Chumbi Valley
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| Chumbi Valley | |
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| Yadong; 亚东 (Yàdōng) | |
| ActiveGrown here in 2000 or later | |
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| Satellite view of Chumbi Valley, Sentinel-2 cloudless mosaic by EOX, 2016. | |
| Geography | |
| Country | China |
| Province/State | Tibet |
| Prefecture-level city | Shigatse |
| Coordinates | 27.48, 88.91 |
| Landscape | |
| Area | 1,160 km² |
| Terrain | The valley of the Amo (Torsa) river between Sikkim and Bhutan, in Yadong County of Shigatse; approximately that county. Ground above 4,000 m and bare ground are left out |
| Growing history | |
| Documentation | |
| Appellations | 0 |
| Accessions | 0 |
| Conservation | |
| Populations | none documented yet |
Chumbi Valley (Yadong; 亚东, Yàdōng) is a cannabis growing area in Yadong County of Shigatse, in Tibet, China, in the valley that runs south between Sikkim and Bhutan.[1] Wang Baishi and colleagues sampled ten plants of a population in Yadong County at 2,945 m, which they call feral, for a study of 271 accessions from China; in their tree the Yadong population falls in one group with the populations from Jilong (Gyirong Valley) and Nyingchi (Kongpo).[2]
Herbarium sheet
The Lepcha collector Rohmoo Lepcha gathered the plant at Lingmuthang, at about 3,000 m (10,000 feet), on 12 September 1912; his sheet, number 57, is held by the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (Rohmoo Lepcha 57 (1912)).[3] Another of his gatherings of the same season is labelled "Lingmuthang, Chumbi Valley, East Himalaya".[4]
Appellations
No appellation pages exist for this growing area yet.
Accessions
No accessions documented yet.
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References
- ↑ "Chumbi Valley". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved 17 September 2026.
- ↑ Wang, Baishi; Gao, Shan; Wang, Xue; Yun, Quanzheng; Nie, Hao; Li, Ning; Li, Yonggang; Feng, Deri; Li, Linsen; Li, Tianye; Lu, Xu; Liu, Jingjing; Wei, Xuge; Mu, Yanhong; Wu, Qiqi; Hu, Jinyuan; Liu, Fangru; Feng, Rui; Yin, Jianyu; Zhang, Qikun; Zhang, Ying; Ren, Fu (7 September 2026). "Genomic variation in 271 diverse accessions of Cannabis sativa L. in China". BMC Plant Biology. doi:10.1186/s12870-026-09909-5.
- ↑ "Digitised sheet E00248816: Cannabis sativa L." RBGE IIIF image service. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Retrieved 4 October 2026.
- ↑ "Occurrence 5843846221: Primula smithiana Craib". GBIF. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 17 September 2026.