by Mohamed El kasimi, Li Mohamed El kasimi | LinkedIn
Morocco Beldia Hashplant Landrace
Morocco’s Beldia Hash plant landrace is a fine resin producer from the Northwestern Africa.
The region is considered secondary producer of hash and here are the following reasons.
Morocco is considered a secondary center of hashish production, where South Asian and Central Asian C. indica ssp. indica traits are believed to have blended with European hemp cultivars, introduced during the colonial era.
_
Prior 90s, EU hemp types could also have higher THC levels than current expectations.
Making sense for the quicker flowering, some of the effects and ratios being quite balanced, not higher cannabinoid % as compared to Indica from south and central Asia.
_
Data from Hillig (2005) - places the Moroccan population within the indica gene pool, closely related to Afghan and Pakistani drug types, indicating a genetic importation from South or Central Asia.
_
There is no archaeological or historical evidence of pre-Islamic cannabis use in Morocco. The earliest records of use appear after the 7th century CE.
_
The most important point to conclude for this topic is that there are no native wild C. populations in Morocco, suggesting that cannabis was introduced via trade or migration rather than evolving in situ.
_
NOW… Lets talk about South and Central Asian Hash Plants…
Hindu Kush East Afghanistan and North Pakistan
Photographed in the Tirah Valley, these represent C. indica ssp. indica drug-type heirlooms from the Pashtun tribal regions of present-day Pakistan (North) and Afghanistan (East) Safed Koh Mountains.
_
The eastern Afghan and northern Pakistani regions have a longstanding history of hashish cultivation and trade, predating Arab-Islamic influence.
Watt (1889) - A Dictionary of the Economic Products of India (Vol. 2),
describes Pashtun tribal use of cannabis (charas/resin) in religious rituals, noting its role in pre-Islamic shamanic practices. Links Pashtun hashish traditions to ancient Indo-Iranian.
_
Vavilov (1929)- noted the presence of wild C. indica in eastern Afghanistan, particularly in the Kunar River region and North Pakistan Chitral river identifying it as a putative ancestor of drug-type C. indica, named C. Indica ssp Kafristanica.
Click this link to learn more about the Hindu kush landrace via Landrace Warden: Hindu Kush Regular Seeds | Buy online now from Seedsman | Seedsman since 2002
_
Let us know in this thread
What could be the answer of the following question according to you?
| We see Beldia Landrace mentioned all over the internet as Semi-Autoflowering, is it because of Autoflower1 gene due to EU hemp? or is it photoperiod cannabis with early flowering traits due to drought stress (epigenetic influence) which shortens its flowering period?
