Lapas population

Lapas population
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Hierarchy
Appellation	Lapas (appellation)
Growing area	Parvati Valley
Growing region	Western Himalayas
Country	India
Population
In the field	Present (2025-10)
Map point	32.034, 77.363 (the appellation's point)
Conservation
Field grade	Data deficient
Items scored	0 of 23 (16 needed)
Item set	Cultivated
Holdings	Urgent · every verified copy is Urgent 10 verified copies from 10 collections; places: not known Every lot Urgent: collection ZOM-IND-HIM-1020220001 Every lot Urgent: collection ZOM-IND-HIM-1020220002 Every lot Urgent: collection ZOM-IND-HIM-1020220003 Every lot Urgent: collection ZOM-IND-HIM-1020220004 Every lot Urgent: collection ZOM-IND-HIM-1020220005 Every lot Urgent: collection ZOM-IND-HIM-1020220006 Every lot Urgent: collection ZOM-IND-HIM-1020220007 Every lot Urgent: collection ZOM-IND-HIM-1020220008 Every lot Urgent: collection ZOM-IND-HIM-1020220117 Every lot Urgent: collection ZOM-IND-HIM-1020250020
Method	v0.1 (as of 2026-10-17)
Items Item Score Seen or told Source A1.1 Outer area the population is grown within not known A1.2 Area actually planted not known A1.3 Households that sow and save its seed every year not known A2.1 Loss of outer area over ten years not known A2.2 Loss of planted area over ten years not known A2.3 Year-to-year swing in planted area not known A2.4 Loss of seed-saving households over ten years not known A3.1 Share of descriptors showing two or more states not known A3.2 Share of growers who swap seed locally not known B1.1 Share of growers who say seed is plentiful not known B1.2 Share of growers with someone to take it over not known B1.3 Other local landraces given up in ten years not known B1.4 Share of the crop under modern varieties not known C1.1 Outside support for growing or selling it not known C1.2 How far its main product is sold not known C1.3 How many households use it not known C2.1 Average age of growers not known D1.1 Grown on farms with or without support not known D2.1 Share of growers farming in the traditional way not known D2.2 Share of growers using bought farm chemicals not known D3.1 Payments or pressure to switch varieties not known D3.2 Share of growers hit by floods, drought or fire not known E1 Eradication by the authorities over ten years not known

The Lapas population is the cannabis of Lapas village and its fields in the Lapas appellation, in the Parvati Valley growing area of Kullu District, Himachal Pradesh, India. The village lies on a south-facing slope below Sargi Top at about 2,500 m. Its fields begin above it at 2,600 m and run round the southern and eastern flanks of the mountain to Gunguni Dhar at 3,500 m. The Zomia Collective's collection documentation groups Lapas with the valley of Bareonah to its north and classes their cannabis as an open-pollinated landrace population grown for charas.

Accessions

Nine accessions were collected at Lapas under the expedition code HIMA01 and one under HIM25 on 29 October 2025. The HIMA01 collections include the village's general population, selections from the Upper, Sargi Top and Bareonah fields, two selections from one grower's fields and three feral selections.

Accession	Village	Type	Collected	Holder
ZOM-IND-HIM-1020220001	Lapas	General population		Zomia Genetic Library
ZOM-IND-HIM-1020220002	Lapas	Selection		Zomia Genetic Library
ZOM-IND-HIM-1020220003	Lapas	Selection		Zomia Genetic Library
ZOM-IND-HIM-1020220004	Lapas	Selection		Zomia Genetic Library
ZOM-IND-HIM-1020220005	Lapas	Selection		Zomia Genetic Library
ZOM-IND-HIM-1020220006	Lapas	Selection		Zomia Genetic Library
ZOM-IND-HIM-1020220007	Lapas	Selection		Zomia Genetic Library
ZOM-IND-HIM-1020220008	Lapas	Selection		Zomia Genetic Library
ZOM-IND-HIM-1020220117	Lapas	Selection		Zomia Genetic Library
ZOM-IND-HIM-1020250020	Lapas	General population	2025-10-29	Zomia Genetic Library

Changes in cultivation

A 2023 post by the collector describes cultivation at Lapas expanding with the demand for charas that followed the rise of tourism in the 1960s. Domesticated fields have gained ground over feral plants, and crop rotation and planting with legumes have given way to more intensive farming. The post reports heavy use of synthetic fertiliser and pesticide, made cheaper since a road reached the village, and fields moved higher into the forest after each eradication. The collection documentation calls the Lapas and Bareonah population endangered by tourism and hybridisation.

See also

• Lapas (appellation)
• Parvati Valley
• Western Himalayas