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'''Kush''' generally refers to a pure or hybrid ''[[Cannabis indica]]'' [[cannabis strains|strain]].<ref name="Gloss2015">{{cite journal |last1=Gloss |first1=D |title=An Overview of Products and Bias in Research. |journal=Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics |date=October 2015 |volume=12 |issue=4 |pages=731-4 |doi=10.1007/s13311-015-0370-x |pmid=26202343}}</ref> Pure ''C. indica'' strains include Afghan Kush, Hindu Kush, Green Kush, and Purple Kush.<ref name="Gloss2015"/> Hybrid strains of ''C. indica'' include Blueberry Kush and Golden Jamaican Kush.<ref name="Gloss2015"/>
'''Kush''' generally refers to a pure or hybrid ''[[Cannabis indica]]'' [[cannabis strains|strain]].<ref name="Gloss2015">{{cite journal |last1=Gloss |first1=D |title=An Overview of Products and Bias in Research. |journal=Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics |date=October 2015 |volume=12 |issue=4 |pages=731-4 |doi=10.1007/s13311-015-0370-x |pmid=26202343}}</ref> Pure ''C. indica'' strains include Afghan Kush, Hindu Kush, Green Kush, and Purple Kush.<ref name="Gloss2015"/> Hybrid strains of ''C. indica'' include Blueberry Kush and Golden Jamaican Kush.<ref name="Gloss2015"/>


The origins of Kush ''Cannabis'' are from [[landrace]] plants mainly in [[Afghanistan]], Northern [[Pakistan]] and North-Western [[India]]<ref>{{cite book |author1=[[Geoffrey William Guy]]|author2=Brian Anthony Whittle |author3=Philip Robson |title=The Medicinal Uses of Cannabis and Cannabinoids |publisher=Pharmaceutical Press |year=2004 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AznCzOxvrtwC&q=Kush&pg=PA61 |isbn=0-85369-517-2 |page=61}}</ref> with the name coming from the [[Hindu Kush]] mountain range. "Hindu Kush" strains of ''Cannabis'' were taken to the United States in the mid-to-late 1970s and continue to be available there to the present day.<ref>{{cite book |last=ElSohly |first=Mahmoud A. |title=Marijuana And The Cannabinoids |publisher=Humana Press |year=2006 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fxoJPVNKYUgC&q=kush+cannabis&pg=PA10 |isbn=1-58829-456-0 |page=10}}</ref>
The origins of Kush ''Cannabis'' are from [[landrace]] plants mainly in [[Afghanistan]], Northern [[Pakistan]] and North-Western [[India]]<ref>{{cite book |author1=[[Geoffrey William Guy]]|author2=Brian Anthony Whittle |author3=Philip Robson |title=The Medicinal Uses of Cannabis and Cannabinoids |publisher=Pharmaceutical Press |year=2004 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AznCzOxvrtwC&q=Kush&pg=PA61 |isbn=0-85369-517-2 |page=61}}</ref> with the name coming from the [[Hindu Kush]] mountain range. "Hindu Kush" strains of ''Cannabis'' were taken to the United States in the mid-to-late 1970s and continue to be available there to the present day.<ref>{{cite book |last=ElSohly |first=Mahmoud A. |title=Marijuana And The Cannabinoids |publisher=Humana Press |year=2006 |url=https://download.e-bookshelf.de/download/0000/0069/11/L-G-0000006911-0002335966.pdf|isbn=1-58829-456-0 |page=10}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 15:02, 21 July 2021

Kush
A close up of dried "Bubba Kush" flowers
GenusCannabis
SpeciesCannabis indica
OriginAfghanistan

Kush generally refers to a pure or hybrid Cannabis indica strain.[1] Pure C. indica strains include Afghan Kush, Hindu Kush, Green Kush, and Purple Kush.[1] Hybrid strains of C. indica include Blueberry Kush and Golden Jamaican Kush.[1]

The origins of Kush Cannabis are from landrace plants mainly in Afghanistan, Northern Pakistan and North-Western India[2] with the name coming from the Hindu Kush mountain range. "Hindu Kush" strains of Cannabis were taken to the United States in the mid-to-late 1970s and continue to be available there to the present day.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Gloss, D (October 2015). "An Overview of Products and Bias in Research". Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics. 12 (4): 731–4. doi:10.1007/s13311-015-0370-x. PMID 26202343.
  2. ^ Geoffrey William Guy; Brian Anthony Whittle; Philip Robson (2004). The Medicinal Uses of Cannabis and Cannabinoids. Pharmaceutical Press. p. 61. ISBN 0-85369-517-2.
  3. ^ ElSohly, Mahmoud A. (2006). Marijuana And The Cannabinoids (PDF). Humana Press. p. 10. ISBN 1-58829-456-0.