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| Kirivong 'Mango Passion' General Population 2022 | |
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| ZOM-KHM-TAK-0420220004 | |
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| At a Glance | |
| Classification | Landrace |
| Accession Type | General population |
| Pollination Type | Self |
| Sex | Dioecious |
| Primary Purpose | Recreation, Medicine, Food |
| Flowering Time | 20–24 weeks |
| Plant Height | 1.0–2.0 m |
| Photoperiod | Short-day |
| Terpenes | Unknown |
| Botanical Characteristics | |
| Growth Pattern | Christmas tree |
| Branching | Apical dominant |
| Leaf Shape | Narrow |
| Leaflets | 9 |
| Processing | |
| Method | Ganja |
| Hierarchy | |
| Growing Region | Southern Cambodia |
| Growing Area | Kirivong |
| Location | |
| Country | Cambodia |
| Province/State | Takeo |
| Kirivong | |
| Secret | |
| Locality | Secret |
| Coordinates | 10.641295, 104.843604 |
| Elevation | 175 m |
| Traditional Names | |
| Local Name | កញ្ឆា |
| Pronunciation | Kanhchhea |
| Collection | |
| Method | Seeds |
| Sourcing Type | Point of Origin |
| Autochthonous | Yes |
| Date | 15/04/2022 |
| Harvest Date | 2022 |
| Collector | Éloïse |
| Expedition | KHME01 |
| Conservation | |
| Priority | Critical |
| Legal Threats | Active eradication campaigns |
| Population Est. | 5,000 |
| M/F Ratio | 10% |
| Hermaphroditism | 30% |
| Culling | Yes |
| Introgression | Minimal |
| Cultivation | |
| Status | Eradicated |
| System Type | Monoculture |
| Scale | Multiple villages in region |
| Seed Sourcing | Seeds are grown on the farm |
| Planting Method | Direct seeding |
| Cycle 1 Planting | July–September |
| Cycle 1 Harvest | December–March |
| Preservation | |
| Seed Storage | Zomia Genetic Library |
Kirivong 'Mango Passion' General Population 2022 is a domesticate landrace cannabis accession collected by Éloïse of the Zomia Collective in the Kirivong growing area of Southern Cambodia.
Geography
The collection site sits within the Kirivong growing area of the Southern Cambodia growing region in Takeo Province, Cambodia. Kirivong lies along the Bassac Flood Plains close to the Cambodian border with Vietnam, in a low-lying alluvial landscape sometimes referred to locally as the Green Triangle.
The wider region is shaped by deposition from the Mekong river system, producing fertile soils suited to the tall, narrow-leafed sativas typical of Southeast Asian landrace populations. The climate is tropical monsoon, with a pronounced wet season from May to October and a drier window from November onwards that supports the traditional harvest cycle.
The precise locality of the source farm is withheld to protect the farmer.
Collection Details
This accession was collected by Éloïse on 15 April 2022 as part of expedition KHME01. Seeds were sourced from a batch of dried landrace flowers grown by a traditional farmer in the Kirivong area during the 2021 to 2022 cultivation cycle.
The 'Mango Passion' designation refers to the dominant aromatic expression observed in this seed lot, in which mango and passion fruit notes were the leading characteristic of the dried flowers. It sits alongside other named expressions in the broader Kirivong gene pool, including Cambodian Red and the lime-fronted green phenotype.
This is a general population accession, with seeds drawn from multiple female plants across a cultivated landrace population estimated at around 5,000 individuals at the source farm at the time of collection.
Cultivation Details
Cannabis cultivation in Kirivong takes place under conditions of active eradication pressure, with plots typically kept small and discreet. The source farm was a monoculture cannabis plot, set within a wider regional pattern of dispersed landrace cultivation across multiple villages in the Kirivong area.
Seeds are saved from the farm's own production rather than sourced externally. Planting is by direct seeding into prepared ground, timed to the monsoon cycle. The local planting window runs from July to September, with harvest beginning in December and continuing through March, depending on individual plant maturity.
Male plants are heavily culled in line with regional practice, leaving an estimated male to female ratio of around one to ten. The combination of male culling and ongoing selection pressure is associated with elevated rates of hermaphroditism in the population, observed at roughly thirty percent.
Plants from this lineage are estimated to flower within 20 to 24 weeks under indoor conditions.
Botanical Characteristics
The plants are dioecious and express the narrow-leafed morphology characteristic of the wider Kirivong landrace. Plants at the source farm were observed at the shorter end of the typical Kirivong range, reaching between one and two metres in height, likely reflecting the constraints of the specific cultivation environment.
Growth is in the classic Christmas tree pattern with strong apical dominance. Mature leaves carry up to nine leaflets, slender and long, with the extended internodal spacing typical of Southeast Asian sativas. Flowers are processed as ganja, with whole branches dried after harvest.
Aroma
The dominant aromatic signature of this seed lot leans toward sweet tropical fruit, with mango and passion fruit notes the leading character that gave the accession its 'Mango Passion' designation. This sits within the broader Kirivong aromatic spectrum, which ranges from sweet citrus and tropical fruit through to earthy spice and incense.
Effects
The wider Kirivong landrace is associated with strongly cerebral, energetic psychoactive effects, characterised by a clear-headed onset and long-lasting duration typical of traditional Southeast Asian sativas.
Conservation Status
This accession is recorded at critical conservation priority. The source farm has since been eradicated and the wider Kirivong landrace remains under sustained pressure from active eradication campaigns, heavy male culling and rising genetic introgression from modern hybrids entering the Cambodian market following Thai cannabis legalisation in 2022.
Seed stock from this accession is held in the Zomia Genetic Library.