La Cominera (cannabis)
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| Kind of name | Local name |
|---|---|
| Also called | Cominera Comineras |
| Language | Spanish |
| Refers to | A marijuana of Cauca: a native variety in the police's account, a seed modified in the Netherlands in a 2011 wire report |
| Country | Colombia |
|---|---|
| Places | Northern Cauca |
| First recorded | 2009[1] |
La Cominera (also cominera) is a name used for a marijuana grown in the north of the department of Cauca, in Colombia. A police characterisation of the varieties grown in Cauca counts cominera among the four native varieties of the region;[2]: 86–87 a wire report of 2011 called it a seed modified in the Netherlands.[3]
Native variety or imported seed
In a thread on the forum ICMag about landrace marijuana from Cali, a poster wrote in December 2009 that punto rojo and Mangobiche grew "around there", and that "Comineras are well know lately".[1]
In June 2011 the news agency AFP reported from Cali on greenhouses of marijuana grown from imported seed on a mountainside an hour from the city. A police commander in Cauca told the agency that one of the modified varieties was called creepy. A foreign researcher, who asked not to be named, said that another seed modified in the Netherlands was fetching a good price in the area. In the researcher's words, that version, "well-known in Europe as 'La Cominera'", "is named for the Colombian village where it grows". The researcher put its THC content at close to 18 per cent, against 2 to 7 per cent for an ordinary plant.[3]
A characterisation of the varieties grown in Cauca, published by the police anti-narcotics study centre Ciena in 2017 and reproduced by the Dejusticia researchers Luis Felipe Cruz and Isabel Pereira, places cominera with corinto, mango biche and punto rojo among the native varieties. It describes the native varieties as adapted to the climate of the region and taking seven to eight months to harvest, against four to five months for the creepy types, which it calls crosses between naturalised and foreign types.[2]: 86–87
Seed sold under the name
The seed seller The Landrace Team sells a line it calls Corinto, from lines that it says were grown in the vereda of La Cominera, in Corinto, and in Caloto. The seller says that some collectors also call the line "Cominera".[4]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Colombian Landrace from Cali". International Cannagraphic Magazine. 19 December 2009. Retrieved 2 November 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cruz Olivera, Luis Felipe; Pereira Arana, Isabel (November 2021). Laberintos de prohibición y regulación: los grises de la marihuana en Colombia. Colección Dejusticia (in español). Bogotá: Editorial Dejusticia. ISBN 978-958-5597-98-3. Retrieved 20 October 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "FEATURE: Colombian marijuana growers switch to GM strains". Taipei Times. Agence France-Presse. 29 June 2011.
- ↑ "Corinto (The Landrace Team)". SeedFinder. Retrieved 2 November 2026.