Description
Southeast Asia, tropical Highlands/Lowland regions located between the Equator 0°N and 24°N. {16-20 Weeks}
Mekong River Delta (Tonle sap)
One of the lesser known cannabis regions exists around the Mekong River delta in Cambodia where rice fields and palm trees are a common sight. It’s situated in Southeast Asia, along with Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, and some of other countries well known to be cannabis hot-spots.
It shares the quintessential tropical, wet, monsoon climate similar to its neighboring countries, also situated close to the equator supporting dense evergreen and deciduous vegetation across the country.
Mekong river is one of the most influential river systems in Southeast Asia, which flows through countries like China, Laos, Cambodia, and Thailand. In Cambodia, it has a rather unique influence as it enters the country on a downstream into the central flat lands at Phnom Penh the main river splits into many small streams around the Mekong River delta.
Tonle Sap river basin from the Mekong River delta in Cambodia supports a number of small and large ecosystems. The alluvial deposits from the monsoon flooding around the Mekong River delta spreads outwards into the central plains depositing the rich mineral based layers of the alluvial soil, which is important for the farmers to support their rice plantation during monsoons. The in and out flow of the Tonle Sap river basin depends on the water levels at the beginning of the Mekong River delta, which increases and decreases with rainy and non-rainy parts of the year.
Cambodia is a Southeast Asian cannabis region, situated close to the equator at 12 56°N – 104.99 E. At almost sea levels where even relative highlands go up to a maximum altitude of 1000-1200 meters, where cannabis can still be found growing naturally.
The natural undomesticated populations grow in a rampant fashion throughout the country. Cambodia is surrounded by countries well-known for long flowering drug-type plant varieties.
The indigenous natural cannabis varieties from Cambodia also flowers 20+ weeks.
Most of the plants produce aromas ranging from sweet to acrid base with majorly spicy, floral and lemongrass.
Classification – Long flowering/equatorial variety
Region & Country – Phnom penh, Cambodia
Flowering Term – 18-20 Weeks
Aromas – very diverse smells, sweet to acrid base, with lemongrass
Yields – medium yields of fluffy/airy flowers
Pest Resistance – Yes, Moderate against soft body pests
Mold Resistance – Yes, excellent mold resistance
Phenology – The plant starts with medium broad leaflets with normal internodal spacing during the vegetative stage. The plant stretches around 4-5x from the point it goes into flowering and ends up as a christmas tree like shape with multiple branches running parallel down the length of the stalk.
