Kali Valley
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| Kali Valley | |
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| ActiveCannabis last recorded here in 2025 | |
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| Forested ridges above the Kali valley at Dharchula | |
| Hierarchy | |
| Gene Pool | South Asian Gene Pool |
| Regional Complex | Hindu Kush-Himalayan |
| Growing Region | Western Himalayas |
| Geography | |
| Country | India |
| Province/State | Uttarakhand |
| District | Pithoragarh District |
| Coordinates | 30.011, 80.700 |
| Landscape | |
| Elevation | 1,900–2,740 m |
| Terrain | Kali river valley; village fields and feral stands |
| Climate | |
| Climate Type | Temperate montane to sub-alpine |
| Growing history | |
| Dated accessions | 2025 |
| Documentation | |
| Appellations | 0 |
| Accessions | 8 |
| Conservation | |
| Populations | none documented yet |
Kali Valley is a landrace cannabis growing area in Pithoragarh District, Uttarakhand, India, in the Western Himalayas growing region. Its eight accessions come from four settlements in Dharchula Block along the Kali river, between 1,900 and 2,740 m, and seven of them are feral.
Geography
Cultivation
Seven of the accessions are feral selections and one, the general population from Jumma, is landrace. The feral selections are one each from Pangla and Bung Bung and five from Budhi, three of them named "Feral Military Selection". In this the valley differs from the Darma Valley and the Pindar Valley, where the landrace accessions outnumber the feral ones.
The populations reproduce by themselves and are also sown from seed kept from locally grown flower, in intercropped, semi-feral and monoculture plots. The accessions give a planting season of May and June, a harvest from September to November and a short-day habit. Others in the region also grow the crop.
Isabella and Roy collected seed for all eight between 12 and 17 September 2025, on the UTT01 expedition. Seven samples are from the 2025 harvest and the Jumma sample from 2024.
Accessions
| Accession ID | Name | Locality | Elevation (m) | Classification | Collected |
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| ZOM-IND-UTT-0920250013 | Kali Valley Jumma Village General Population | Jumma | 1900 | Landrace | |
| ZOM-IND-UTT-0920250014 | Kali Valley 'Pangla Village' Feral Seleciton 2025 | Pangla | 1900 | Feral | |
| ZOM-IND-UTT-0920250015 | Kali Valley 'Bung Bung Village' Feral Selection 2025 | Bung Bung | 1900 | Feral | |
| ZOM-IND-UTT-0920250016 | Budhi Purple Selection 2025 | Budhi | 2740 | Feral | |
| ZOM-IND-UTT-0920250017 | Budhi Feral Military Selection #1 2025 | Budhi | 2740 | Feral | |
| ZOM-IND-UTT-0920250018 | Budhi Feral Military Selection #2 2025 | Budhi | 2740 | Feral | |
| ZOM-IND-UTT-0920250019 | Budhi Feral Military Selection #3 2025 | Budhi | 2740 | Feral | |
| ZOM-IND-UTT-0920250020 | Budhi Feral Upper Selection 2025 | Budhi | 2740 | Feral |
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