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| Malawi Gold 2019 IBL | |
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| RSC-MWI-CEN-0120190001 | |
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| Malawi Gold at 40° N in mid-July (RSC listing) | |
| At a Glance | |
| Classification | Landrace IBL |
| Accession Type | Reproduction |
| Primary Purpose | Recreation |
| Flowering Time | 14–16 weeks |
| Plant Height | 2–4 m |
| Photoperiod | Short-day |
| Aroma | Floral, tangy, spicy, herbal |
| Effects | Vibrant, energising, long-lasting |
| Processing | |
| Method | Ganja |
| Notes | Seedless or semi-seeded flowering tops |
| Location | |
| Country | Malawi |
| Province/State | Central Region |
| District | Nkhotakota District |
| Coordinates | -13.00, 34.13 |
| Collection | |
| Method | Seeds |
| Sourcing Type | Multi-generation reproduction |
| Autochthonous | No |
| Conservation | |
| Priority | Low |
| Introgression | Minimal |
| Cultivation | |
| Status | Unknown |
| System Type | Unknown |
| Preservation | |
| Seed Storage | The Real Seed Company |
Malawi Gold 2019 IBL is a landrace cannabis accession from Malawi, listed as Malawi Gold in the seed catalogue of The Real Seed Company (RSC).[1] RSC describes it as the original Afropips Malawi Gold heirloom, an inbred line of a tropical Sativa-type landrace grown for ganja.[1]
Geography
RSC's genetics line calls the variety a Nkhotakota cannabis landrace and heirloom, and it reports that the best Malawi cannabis landraces are historically most closely associated with the Nkhotakota region. It gives a latitude of about 13° S.[1][2] Neither listing says where the seed was collected.[1][2]
History
According to RSC, the line descends from a cannabis landrace collected in Malawi several decades ago and has never, to its knowledge, been outcrossed, which it considers increasingly rare where most so-called landraces have been crossed with modern hybrids such as Skunk or Northern Lights. RSC reports that the line was maintained ex situ for decades by Jim of Afropips, who used it to create crosses such as Malberry, an F1 of Malawi Gold and Dutch Passion's Blueberry.[1] RSC files the line under its Heirlooms category, which it describes as covering established inbred lines that have undergone generations of intensive selective inbreeding in the West.[3]
RSC reports that flowering tops are traditionally made into Malawi cobs by wrapping them in maize husks for storage and curing.[1][2] It quotes the original Afropips description, which calls Malawi Gold one of the most potent psychoactive pure African Sativas, describes the first-grade line as selected over ten years of experience with Malawi growers for "the spiciest taste & the most psychoactive clean vibrant high", and attributes the tropical, spicy high to the presence of THCV.[1][2]
Collection Details
Both listings give the sourcing as Afropips, via the collector community, and neither dates the collection beyond "several decades ago".[1][2] RSC states that the seeds offered are from a selected Malawi Gold line donated to it by a collector; versions of the listing from August 2019 to July 2024, and the Kwik Seeds listing, say the line was reproduced from seeds kindly donated by a landrace collector.[1][4][2] Neither listing names a collection site, a collector or a farmer.
Cultivation Details
RSC gives the purpose as ganja, which Kwik Seeds glosses as seedless or semi-seeded flowering tops, and lists greenhouse or outdoor growing.[1][2] RSC reports that the variety requires a tropical light cycle outdoors, that indoor flowering times run from about 14 to 16 weeks, and that overfeeding and overwatering in late flower cause new growth and protracted flowering.[1]
Botanical Characteristics
RSC gives a height of up to 4 metres and Kwik Seeds 2 to 4 metres outdoors, which was RSC's own figure until July 2024.[1][2][5] Kwik Seeds and the 2019 versions of the RSC listing describe the line as long-flowering.[2][4] Versions of the RSC listing from August 2020 to March 2025 classified it as Cannabis sativa subsp. indica var. indica.[5][6]
Aroma
Effects
RSC describes the high as warm, positive, long-lasting and euphoric, and says the best Malawi landraces are famous for their "vibrant, energising" high and their flavours.[1]
Smoke Reports
Gallery
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Malawi Gold plants in a field at 40° N in mid-July (RSC listing) -
Malawi Gold beside a measuring pole at 40° N in mid-July (RSC listing) -
Afropips' photograph of its Malawi Gold, whose leaflets RSC describes as stressed (RSC listing caption, 2019) -
A Malawi cob from the 1980s (RSC listing)
See Also
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 "Malawi Gold". The Real Seed Company. Retrieved 17 September 2026.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 "Malawi Gold". Kwik Seeds. Retrieved 17 September 2026.
- ↑ "Heirlooms". The Real Seed Company. Retrieved 17 September 2026.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Malawi Gold". The Real Seed Company. Archived from the original on 19 August 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2026.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Malawi Gold". The Real Seed Company. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2026.
- ↑ "Malawi Gold". The Real Seed Company. Archived from the original on 26 March 2025. Retrieved 17 September 2026.