Summary
Place of publication:
Taxon 25:426. 1976
Verified:
06/09/1992
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
- Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. 1998. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning Note: poisonous
- Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs Note: = Cannabis sativa
- Farnsworth, N. R. & D. D. Soejarto. 1988. Global importance of medicinal plants (unpublished draft manuscript rev. 23) Note: = Cannabis sativa
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
- Kingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. Note: poisonous
- Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. 1985. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants Note: poisonous
- Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
- Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
- McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
- Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
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- 1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
Common names
English
hemp – Indian hemp – marihuana – French
chanvre d'Inde – chanvre indien – German
Haschisch – indischer Hanf – India
bhang – ganja – Portuguese
maconha – Spanish
grifa – hachís – mariguana – Spanish (Mexico)
marijuana – Swedish
indisk hampa –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | widely cult. |
4 | Naturalized | | | | | widely natzd. |
Cultivated
(widely cult.)
Naturalized
(widely natzd.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Medicines | source of Δ-tetrahydrocannabinol | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |
Medicines | source of Δ-tetrahydrocannabinol | as C. sativa | Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs Note: = Cannabis sativa |
Medicines | source of Δ-tetrahydrocannabinol | as C. sativa; Herbs Commerce ed2; CRC MedHerbs ed2, as C. sativa | Farnsworth, N. R. & D. D. Soejarto. 1988. Global importance of medicinal plants (unpublished draft manuscript rev. 23) Note: = Cannabis sativa |
Social | psychoactive | | Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2 |
Social | stimulant | | Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2 |
Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | Kingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. Note: poisonous |
Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. 1998. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning Note: poisonous |
Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. 1985. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants Note: poisonous |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=317472.
Accessed 10 May 2025.