Landrace strains from the South Pacific?

[Nowhere_Man]

Does anyone know of any landrace strains from the South Pacific? Places like Fiji, Tahiti, Vanuatu Polynesia and Papua New Guinea are what I had in mind. I know of Hawaiin strains but shorly there must of been a few plants left lost on some remote, isolated for 1000's of years island somewhere. I'm just curious as all.

 

[BeAn]

I think 303 from spice bro's has genetics from Papua New Guinea, but not entirely sure??

Hope this helps..

 

[luminous]

PNG Gold (GoldKing), fijian sativa (Dman), 303 is rumored to have PNG in it(FET)

 

[Limeygreen]

Where are those seeds available CBF?

 

[Nowhere_Man]

Awesome thanks for the info, the papua new guinean bud would be jurassic in existance.

 

[Beetlepumpr]

I ran some Brazilian Lemon Skunk recently, really liked . It was a Mota offering. I would run again if it was around. Nice yellow lime green.

 

[Ganico]

I hear 303 will be around next year. I'm curious about Dman's "Fijian Sativa", I couldn't find much info at all. I wonder if there's anyone that has them in stock, but I'm really doubting it

 

[Guest]

I've just been given some seeds of a purple Phillipino landrace sativa.

 

[Joe Hawkins]

Fiji doesnt have any native landraces, as the hemp was brought over by Indians in the late 1800's, whatever comes from Fiji would indeed be from Southern India.
Fijian weed isnt the greatest by a long shot, but you can get some decent potentcy sometimes.
There is Papua New Guinea gold, got that a few times in the 80's, prolly an Indo strain, but pretty potent.

 

[osoloco69]

New Guinea is the starting point for a lot of Australian sativas. Wallyduck talked a lot about these back on OG.

 

[mathias]

Hi all ;
I come from south pacific island (new caldedonia ) and i have some local sativa on my thread .
http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=158698
I'm not sure where this bean com from ( south pacific island , india , africa , south america ... ) , but weed start in the 1970-80 in new caldedonia .
But many are +potent , or very potent .

 

[mriko]

Fiji doesnt have any native landraces, as the hemp was brought over by Indians in the late 1800's, whatever comes from Fiji would indeed be from Southern India.

200 years are far enough for the creation of a local strains I think. Most of the tropical sativas have their origins in India, and indica from Af/Pak. Should we talk only about these countries where cannabis is indeed native ? I don't think so, Mother nature and the human hand have made a great job together, spreading the plant and, among other, spreading the South Indian genetics and allowing them to express a huge variety of phenotypes all around the world. Genetics which have been influenced by specific local climatic conditions and local techniques of growing or processing have given birth to local strains and thus it is not exagerated to speak about Fijian strains, if not landraces, at least cultivars.

When I was working at the OGD, ione student came for her research to get information as she was studying the cannabis in the Pacific Ocean. She was kinda pioneer as even us had very little data about the plant in this side of the planet. From what I remember, one of the main producing area is in the Marquise Islands.

Mathias, your plants look fantastic. I particularly like that one with one or three petiole leaves, showing strong indentation on the main leaf, and nearly none of the two secondary ones.

I've found this about New Zealand :

In the 1900s hemp-seed oil was a common ingredient in imported patent medicines, being prescribed for ailments such as gastric illnesses, rheumatism, headaches, and menstrual cramps. In the 1890s, the nun and nurse Suzanne Aubert reputedly grew hemp up the Whanganui River at Jerusalem and made her own remedies. Hemp was also recommended for natural insect control in orchards, but it was never grown intensively as a crop in New Zealand. Confusingly, native flax (Phormium tenax) was sometimes also called hemp.

In 1941 the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research planted 1 hectare of hemp as a trial crop, and the fibre was cut for processing into rope. Towards the end of the war the Ministry of Agriculture planted 4 hectares at Foxton. Then, in 1948, the question was raised about what the ministry was growing. The trials ceased soon after when they realised that cannabis had narcotic properties. from http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/hops-tobacco-and-hemp/3

Maybe more information in Redmer Yska's. New Zealand green: the story of marijuana in New Zealand. Auckland: David Bateman, 1990.

Irie !

 

[Tropic]

I'd have to agree that most landraces found in the South Pacific are not native and have been brought with men during migrations, some a couple hundred years ago, some before that, some after that.
As Mathias said (we live in the same place), herb is a "recent" phenomenon here, yet there are already (after some 30-40 years) distinct varieties/cultivars, depending on the region where the herb is cultivated. Mriko brings up a very good point here:

Mother nature and the human hand have made a great job together, spreading the plant and, among other, spreading the South Indian genetics and allowing them to express a huge variety of phenotypes all around the world. Genetics which have been influenced by specific local climatic conditions and local techniques of growing or processing have given birth to local strains and thus it is not exagerated to speak about Fijian strains, if not landraces, at least cultivars.

 

[Dr.Troppo]

This is a old PNG landrace ive been growing for a while.

 

[Rinse]

I have seeds of a new caledonian landrace haven't popped them out of fear of ending up wid infinite flowering beasts on my hands lool.

 

[Atreyu]

is amazing how the bee carries the pollen in the last pic!!

 

[mathias]

One new-caledonia plante at 4 mont alf flowering .







Fraiche taste and high with no body stone , grate for all day smoke .

 

[hopleaf]

wish i had a use for a landrace strain. they look like a lot of fun to grow. almost like grwoing a peice of ancient history.

 

[Dr.Troppo]

We need more south pacific weed porn in this thread!

 

[headbutt no1]

I read a study when i lived in amsterdam which listed papua new guinea as having the highest rate of cannabis use in the world at nearly sixty percent .If this is true then there must be a lot of weed there so it is strange we have not seen more of these strains.I have also heard most countrys advise people not to travel in papua i have no idea why this is the case but it only serves to spark my interest.Has anybody visited????