NPG-CHN-HUB-1219070001
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| Ichang General Population 1907 | |
|---|---|
| NPG-CHN-HUB-1219070001 | |
| At a Glance | |
| Classification | Landrace |
| Accession Type | General population |
| Location | |
| Country | China |
| Province/State | Hubei |
| Locality | mountains north and south of Ichang |
| Coordinates | 30.69, 111.28 |
| Point type | District point |
| Uncertainty | about 40 km |
| Traditional Names | |
| Local Name | Tung ma |
| Collection | |
| Method | Seeds |
| Sourcing Type | Historical |
| Date | 8 December 1907 |
| Collector | E. H. Wilson |
| Specimen | |
| Collector Number | 428 |
| Scientific Name | Cannabis sativa L. |
| Conservation | |
| Main lot | National Plant Germplasm System Gone Seed lot: Gone |
| Preservation | |
| Seed Storage | National Plant Germplasm System |
| Genebanks and Sequence Data | |
Genebank accessions | |
Ichang General Population 1907 is a historical seed accession of Cannabis sativa that the United States Department of Agriculture received from the mountains around Ichang, in Hubei, China, on 9 January 1908 and numbered plant introduction (PI) 21780.[1] No seed of the lot survives. The National Plant Germplasm System, whose database carries the department's introductions, says the accession "no longer exists and can not be requested".[1]
The lot
E. H. Wilson, of the Arnold Arboretum, secured the seed in cooperation with the department; the printed inventory gives it as his number 428, 8 December 1907, received in January 1908. Wilson describes "a particularly robust form" of hemp "commonly cultivated in association with maize by peasants and farmers on the mountains north and south of Ichang at altitudes between 3,000 and 5,000 feet", grown for the oil pressed from the seed. The oil was burned for light and valued because it did not congeal in cold weather, and the stems went for fuel. He gives the local name as Tung ma (cold hemp).[2]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "PI 21780, Cannabis sativa L." GRIN-Global. United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. Retrieved 27 October 2026.
- ↑ Bureau of Plant Industry (1909). Seeds and plants imported during the period from January 1 to March 31, 1908: inventory no. 14 (PDF) (Report). Bureau of Plant Industry Bulletin. Washington: United States Department of Agriculture. p. 13. No. 137.