RSC-SYR-UNK-0120190001
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| 2019 RSC Syrian Reproduction | |
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| RSC-SYR-UNK-0120190001 | |
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| A flowering Syrian plant outdoors (RSC listing) | |
| At a Glance | |
| Classification | Unknown |
| Accession Type | Reproduction |
| Primary Purpose | Recreation |
| Plant height | 0.6–1.5 m |
| Photoperiod response | Short-day |
| Aroma | Sweet, fruity, floral, hashy |
| Botanical Characteristics | |
| Branching | Strong |
| Processing | |
| Method | Dry-sift |
| Notes | Sieved hashish |
| Location | |
| Country | Syria |
| Collection | |
| Method | Seeds |
| Autochthonous | No |
| Conservation | |
| Main lot | The Real Seed Company Seed lot: At risk handed out handed out: handed out (sold) |
| Introgression | Unknown |
| Cultivation | |
| Status | Unknown |
| System Type | Unknown |
| Cycle 1 Harvest | August–September |
| Preservation | |
| Seed Storage | The Real Seed Company |
| Genebanks and Sequence Data | |
Genebank accessions | |
2019 RSC Syrian Reproduction is seed of a Syrian cannabis landrace sold as Syrian by The Real Seed Company (RSC), which gives the sourcing as "Obtained from collectors via gene bank".[1] The listing says that the seed is from an ex situ maintenance grow, and that RSC did not obtain the original seed in Syria itself: it came through a collector who had obtained it from a European genebank.[1] The line is on sale at RSC and on its Kwik Seeds site (checked 27 October 2026).[1][2]
Geography
RSC gives a latitude of 34° N. It calls Syria a region deeply connected with sacramental cannabis culture, from legends such as that of the Assassins to the mysticism of the early Qalandar dervishes.[1] The Kwik Seeds listing, and RSC's own until October 2024, wrote that Syria has a long tradition of cannabis cultivation, particularly in the mountainous west bordering Lebanon, and that the landrace shares characteristics with the Lebanese landraces of the Beqaa Valley and, to a lesser extent, with Turkish types.[2][3]
Collection Details
The listing has given the sourcing as "Obtained from collectors via gene bank" in every archived version since August 2019.[3] Until October 2024 it noted that RSC had not obtained the seeds directly from Syria, but that a breeder had made a reproduction run and a small number of packs were offered after requests from collectors; the Kwik Seeds listing still says so.[3][2] Since February 2025 the listing has said instead that the seeds are from an ex situ maintenance grow, the original seeds having come via a collector who obtained them from a European genebank.[4] Neither listing names the genebank, the collector or the breeder. In July 2022 RSC announced that "the genbank Syrian landrace" was back in stock.[5]
In August 2024 Angus gave a packet of Syrian seed to the U.S. National Plant Germplasm System, which holds it as accession G 33898 at its Plant Genetic Resources Unit in Geneva, New York.[6][7] In September 2026 the donor added that the line has a mixed history of use as flower or as dry-sieved resin, as with the Turkish and Sinai lines.[6]
Cultivation Details
RSC gives the purpose as hashish (sieved resin) and the regional harvest as August through September. It describes a hardy plant adapted to a desert climate of hot days and cold nights, which needs light feeding and a dry period between waterings.[1]
Botanical Characteristics
RSC gives a height of 0.6 to 1.5 metres and describes very early maturing plants of semi-dwarf architecture, with compact inflorescences and heavy branching much like a classic Indica, and intense fruit scents with a tangy candy sweetness. It writes that they can go into flower at around 18 hours of daylight, a trait it calls semi-autoflowering, and that chemotypes range from THC- to CBD-dominant.[1] The Kwik Seeds listing describes two variants: Indica-type plants of 0.6 to 0.9 metres, and Sativa-type plants of 1.2 to 1.5 metres that appear to have ruderal characteristics.[2] In June 2024 RSC showed a male plant of the line found by a grower, Biointensive Cannabis.[8]
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A flowering top of the Syrian line (RSC listing) -
A male plant of the Syrian line (RSC listing)
See Also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Syrian". The Real Seed Company. Retrieved 27 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Syrian". Kwik Seeds. Retrieved 26 October 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Syrian". The Real Seed Company. Archived from the original on 19 August 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2026.
- ↑ "Syrian". The Real Seed Company. Archived from the original on 8 February 2025. Retrieved 27 October 2026.
- ↑ "Iranian and Syrian Landraces Back In Stock". The Real Seed Company. 28 July 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2026.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "G 33898, Cannabis sativa L., Syrian". GRIN-Global. USDA Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. Retrieved 27 October 2026.
- ↑ "Northeast Regional Plant Introduction Station (NE9)". GRIN-Global. USDA Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. Retrieved 27 October 2026.
- ↑ "Check out this Syrian landrace male". The Real Seed Company. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 October 2026.