Nakhon Si Thammarat
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| Nakhon Si Thammarat | |
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| ActiveCannabis last recorded here in 2025 | |
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| The Tha Di stream at Kiriwong village below the Khao Luang hills, Lan Saka district | |
| Hierarchy | |
| Gene Pool | Tenasserim Gene Pool |
| Regional Complex | Malay Peninsula |
| Growing Region | Southern Thailand |
| Geography | |
| Country | Thailand |
| Province/State | Nakhon Si Thammarat Province |
| Coordinates | 8.39, 99.79 |
| Landscape | |
| Area | 10,000 km² |
| Terrain | Approximately Nakhon Si Thammarat Province: the Khao Luang range and its foothills, with a coastal plain on the Gulf of Thailand |
| Climate | |
| Climate Type | Tropical monsoon |
| Growing history | |
| Dated accessions | 1951–2025 |
| Documentation | |
| Appellations | 6 |
| Accessions | 16 |
| Conservation | |
| Populations | none documented yet |
Nakhon Si Thammarat is a landrace cannabis growing area covering Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, Thailand, in the Southern Thailand growing region. It holds six appellations: Lan Saka, Kiriwong, Phrom Khiri, Tha Sala, Sichon and Thung Song.
Geography
The growing area is the whole province. Four of its appellations are districts: Tha Sala, Phrom Khiri, Sichon and Thung Song. Lan Saka District is divided between two appellations. Kiriwong is the valley above the village of Khiri Wong, on the eastern side of Khao Luang, up to the mountain's ridge; Lan Saka is the rest of the district, to the south and east.
Cultivation
P. Suvarnakoses collected a plant at Khiri Wong on 16 December 1951. Its label calls the plant Kan cha, says it was used for smoking and adds: "Scattered in open area, uncommon, crop in garden".[1]
Two seed accessions of a line from Tha Sala District called Meun Sri date from 1990 and 2010. The other seed accessions were collected in April 2025 on the NST03 expedition, all from the 2023 harvest: five at Na Thon in Tha Sala, six at Ban Kachon in Lan Saka and one at Kiriwong. These accessions are sown directly from seed kept on the farm and grown for recreation and medicine; they flower in 20 to 24 weeks and stand 2 to 3 m tall. A further lot, Southern 'Squirrel Tail', names the province and no place within it.
Appellations
Accessions
| Accession ID | Name | Appellation | Classification | Collected |
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| Suvarnakoses 213 (1951) | Suvarnakoses 213 herbarium specimen, Khiri Wong (1951) | Kiriwong (appellation) | Landrace | |
| ZOM-THA-001-0020210018 | Tha Sala 'Meun Sri' General Population 1990 | Tha Sala (appellation) | Landrace | |
| ZOM-THA-001-0020210019 | Tha Sala 'Meun Sri' General Population 2010 | Tha Sala (appellation) | Landrace | |
| ZOM-THA-SOU-0420250010A | Tha Sala 'Mor Samut' General Population 2023 | Tha Sala (appellation) | Landrace | |
| ZOM-THA-SOU-0420250010B | Tha Sala 'Mor Samut' General Population 2023 | Tha Sala (appellation) | Landrace | |
| ZOM-THA-SOU-0420250010C | Tha Sala 'Mor Samut' General Population 2023 | Tha Sala (appellation) | Landrace | |
| ZOM-THA-SOU-0420250011A | Tha Sala 'Na Thon' General Population 2023 | Tha Sala (appellation) | Landrace | |
| ZOM-THA-SOU-0420250011B | Tha Sala 'Na Thon' General Population 2023 | Tha Sala (appellation) | Landrace | |
| ZOM-THA-SOU-0420250030 | Southern 'Squirrel Tail' General Population 2025 | Landrace | ||
| ZOM-THA-SOU-0420252000A | Lan Saka 'Ban Kachon' General Population #1 2023 | Lan Saka (appellation) | Landrace | |
| ZOM-THA-SOU-0420252000B | Lan Saka 'Ban Kachon' General Population #1 2023 | Lan Saka (appellation) | Landrace | |
| ZOM-THA-SOU-0420252000C | Lan Saka 'Ban Kachon' General Population #1 2023 | Lan Saka (appellation) | Landrace | |
| ZOM-THA-SOU-0420252001A | Lan Saka 'Ban Kachon' General Population #2 2023 | Lan Saka (appellation) | Landrace | |
| ZOM-THA-SOU-0420252001B | Lan Saka 'Ban Kachon' General Population #2 2023 | Lan Saka (appellation) | Landrace | |
| ZOM-THA-SOU-0420252001C | Lan Saka 'Ban Kachon' General Population #2 2023 | Lan Saka (appellation) | Landrace | |
| ZOM-THA-SOU-0420253001 | Kiriwong General Population 2023 | Kiriwong (appellation) | Landrace |
Conservation status
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References
- ↑ "Digitised sheet SN 009261". Forest Herbarium collections. Forest Herbarium, Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation. Retrieved 18 September 2026.
