RSC-PAK-KHY-0120210001
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| Chitrali General Population 2021 | |
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| RSC-PAK-KHY-0120210001 | |
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| Chitrali landrace cannabis | |
| At a Glance | |
| Classification | Landrace |
| Accession Type | General population |
| Primary Purpose | Recreation |
| Plant Height | 1–3 m |
| Photoperiod | Short-day |
| Aroma | Hash, tangy candy, mandarin, gasoline |
| Effects | Warm, centred, luminous |
| Botanical Characteristics | |
| Leaf Shape | Intermediate |
| Stigma Color | Pink hairs |
| Flower Structure | Dense |
| Processing | |
| Method | Dry-sift |
| Notes | Sieved resin |
| Hierarchy | |
| Gene Pool | South Asia |
| Regional Complex | Hindu Kush-Himalayan |
| Growing Region | Chitral |
| Growing Area | Yarkhun Valley |
| Location | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province/State | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| District | Upper Chitral District |
| Coordinates | 36.3000° N, 72.5000° E |
| Collection | |
| Method | Seeds |
| Sourcing Type | Point of Origin |
| Autochthonous | Yes |
| Date | 2021 |
| Harvest Date | 2021 |
| Collector | Angus |
| Conservation | |
| Priority | High |
| Legal Threats | Active eradication campaigns |
| Introgression | Minimal |
| Cultivation | |
| Status | Unknown |
| System Type | Unknown |
| Cycle 1 Harvest | October–November |
| Preservation | |
| Seed Storage | The Real Seed Company |
Chitrali General Population 2021 is a domesticate landrace cannabis accession sourced by Angus of The Real Seed Company from Upper Chitral, Pakistan.[1]
Geography
The accession originates from Yarkhun Valley, a landrace cannabis growing area within the Chitral growing region of the high Hindu Kush.[1] Yarkhun Valley lies in the far north of the Chitral area and is the source of the Kunar River.[1]
Administratively, the area belongs to Upper Chitral District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The approximate latitude of the growing area is 35° N.[1]
History
Upper Chitral was historically one of the largest charas-producing areas in the Hindu Kush, including relative to Afghanistan.[1] Commercial-scale cultivation ended with a government crackdown in the 1970s. Continued police pressure in the decades since has prevented the return of large-scale commercial growing.[1]
Collection Details
The accession was sourced directly by Angus from the 2021 harvest in Yarkhun Valley, described by RSC as one of the most renowned charas-producing valleys of the high Hindu Kush.[1]
Cultivation Details
Cultivation in the region takes place at household scale in garden plots and small fields, a pattern that has characterised Upper Chitral since the end of commercial charas production in the 1970s.[1]
Outdoor harvest falls between October and early November.[1] Plants reach between one and three metres in height outdoors, and the accession is suited to outdoor, greenhouse, or indoor cultivation.[1]
Botanical Characteristics
Chitrali populations are biodiverse, with a wide phenotypic range expressed across individual plants.[1] At one end of the range, plants present an Indica-type habit: small, compact, and broad-leafleted. At the other, Sativa-type individuals grow taller with either broad or narrow leaflets.[1] Heights outdoors vary from around one metre to over three metres.[1]
Buds across the population are typically dense and resinous, and pink stigmas are a common trait.[1] As with other charas landraces, a high proportion of plants express considerable amounts of CBD.[1]
The traditional processing method for material from this accession is Charas (sieved resin).[1]
Aroma
Aromas vary widely across the population, ranging from hash and sour "kushy" notes through intense fruit profiles such as mandarin and tangy candy to sharp solvent-like tones including gasoline.[1]
Effects
A warm, centred, and "luminous" high.[1] See smoke reports.
Conservation Status
The accession is recorded at high conservation priority. In its pure form, RSC describes the Chitrali landrace as currently precariously rare, a consequence of the end of commercial cultivation in the 1970s and continued police pressure on cannabis growing in the region since.[1]
Notes
Yarkhun Valley, where this accession was collected, is the source of the Kunar River. Some researchers have proposed the valley as a possible origin point for Indica-type cannabis. RSC considers it more likely a point of intersection between Central and South Asian formal varieties of cannabis, referencing the study A classification of endangered high-THC cannabis.[1]
RSC also reports that two earlier accessions from Chitral have shown strong resistance to mould when grown in tropical conditions, including in a jungle climate in Hawaii.[1]
Smoke Reports
Grow Reports
Gallery
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Grower in a cultivated field, Mastuj area, Upper Chitral -
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Mature flowering plant in senescence -
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Vegetative growth
