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Sa Pa
Sapa, Cha-pa
ActiveCannabis last recorded here in 2023
Rice terraces and houses at Tả Phìn, Sa Pa, Lào Cai province
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Hierarchy
Growing Region Northwest Vietnam
Geography
Country Vietnam
Province/State Lào Cai Province
District Sa Pa District
Coordinates 22.393660, 103.835500
Landscape
Elevation 1,350–1,400 m
Terrain Terraced highland valleys around Sa Pa
Climate
Climate Type Subtropical highland
Growing history
Dated accessions 2023
Documentation
Appellations 0
Accessions 1
Conservation
Populations none documented yet



Sa Pa is a cannabis growing area in the highlands around the town of Sa Pa, in Lào Cai Province, Vietnam, in the Northwest Vietnam growing region. It has two accessions: a herbarium specimen collected in 1913 and a fibre population collected at Tả Phìn in 2023.

Geography

The 2023 accession's point lies at Tả Phìn, north of the town, at 1,350 m. The 1913 specimen was collected at Cha-pa, Province de Lao-Kay, at 1,400 to 1,500 m.[1][2]

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Cultivation

Auguste Chevalier collected the 1913 specimen on 7 December 1913. The Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle in Paris holds the specimen.[1]

The 2023 accession is a general population grown for fibre from seed kept on the farm and broadcast-sown. Its local name is tshuaj ma, and cultivation is active. Éloïse collected it on 18 November 2023, on the VIET01 expedition.

Accessions

Accession IDNameLocalityElevation (m)ClassificationCollected
ZOM-VIE-SAP-1120230001Sa Pa 'Ta Phin' General Population 2023Ta Phin1350Landrace

Conservation status

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Occurrence 730907353: Cannabis sativa L." GBIF. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 8 October 2026.
  2. ↑ "Digitised sheet P06780055: Cannabis sativa L." Herbier national, images. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Retrieved 8 October 2026.