Details for: G 33735, Cannabis sativa L., Malawi Gold


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cannabis sativa L.
Top Name:
Malawi Gold
Origin:
Collected – Malawi
Received by NPGS:
22 Aug 2023
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Life Habit:
Shrub
Availability
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cannabis sativa L.
Top Name:
Malawi Gold
Origin:
Collected – Malawi
Received by NPGS:
22 Aug 2023
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Life Habit:
Shrub
Source History
Collected
PRE 2023.
Malawi
Comment: Donor narrative: materials collected from Malawi
Collector(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
Malawi Gold
Type: Collector identifier
Pretty, Angus

G 33735
Type: Site identifier
Stansell, Zachary USDA ARS PGRU

Narrative
Donation on 20230822 contained 1 seed packet.

Donor notes: Unknown collector in the 1990s. Place of Collection: Nkhotakota, Malawi. Type: Ganja landrace. Purpose: Ganja (sinsemilla / semi-sensi). Narrative: The donated seeds are many generations removed from the seeds originally collected in Malawi. Said to have originally been collected from Nkhotakota, a region of Malawi renowned for its cannabis. Sold for several years by a seed outfit named ‘Afropips’, which went of out business when its creator (‘Malawi Jim’) died in the 2000s. Seeds of this Afropips ‘Malawi Gold’ were then gifted to donor by a grower based in America. This is the original Afropips Malawi Gold heirloom, a classic tropical Sativa that’s renowned for its warm, postive, and euphoric high. To the best of our knowledge, this line has never been outcrossed, which makes it increasingly rare in a world where nearly all so-called ‘landraces’ have been hit with modern hybrids. This Malawi Gold line was maintained ex-situ for decades by Jim from Afropips, who used this pure Sativa to create some outstanding crosses such as Malberry, an F1 of Malawi Gold and the Dutch Passion Blueberry. The best Malawi cannabis landraces are equatorial Sativa-type plants. Historically, they’re most closely associated with the Nkhotakota region. Traditionally, flowering tops are made into ‘Malawi cobs’ by wrapping them in corn husks for storage and curing. According to the original Afropips description, ‘Malawi Gold is internationally renowned. [user experience] can be attributed to the presence of THCV in this early cultivated strain." [Donor provided this URL with additional information: https://therealseedcompany.com/product/malawi-gold-landrace-strain-cannabis-seeds/ ]. [Additionally, the donor describes this accession as a Ganja landrace, see fascinating remarks:] REMARKS

Accession was (or attempted to be) included in the 2024 USDA-ARS Hemp Germplasm Laboratory and HudsonAlpha genome sequencing and phenotyping trial in PGRU Wellington Zone 01. [curator notes 2024:] Exceptionally late flowering. Unusual sex expression-- more follow-up needed. [S1486-p3]: found a couple of seeds. [S2527-p2]: suspect mono, but can't find conclusive evidence.
Cannabis sativa L.
Genus:
Cannabis
Family:
Cannabaceae
Nomen number:

8862
Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:1027. 1753
Verified:
05/06/1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Cannabis sativa L. subsp. indica (Lam.) E. Small & Cronquist (0 active accession[s])
Cannabis sativa L. subsp. sativa (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishhemp  1Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
Chineseda ma大麻 2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
English (Canada)marijuana Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada official name2Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 65-66.
Frenchchènevis chanvre  2Demilly, D. et al. 2001. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 7 GEVES-SNES, Beaucouzé, France.
French (Canada)chanvre Agriculture & Agroalimentaire Canada nom officiel2Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 65-66.
Italiancanapa  2International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Japanese Rōmajiasa  2Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
Swedishhampa  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Koreansam  2Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:87.
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Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
COMMENTREG_COMPLIANTREG_COMPLIANTUNTESTED - Pending compliance testing with 2021 Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service Hemp Final Rule (7 CFR Part 990 [Doc. No. AMS-SC-19-0042; SC19-990-2 FR])  Hemp Final Rule (7 CFR Part 990 [Doc. No. AMS-SC-19-0042; SC19-990-2 FR])">HEMP_REG_COMPLIANCE Not Available
DISEASESEPTORIASeverity of septoria infestation. TBD 20231006. Update with protocol when available [zjs]3.7542024-HA24-PGRU-SEQUENCING-Z1G 33735 23UO SDNot Available
DISEASEPOWDERYSeverity of powdery mildew infestation. TBD 2024112. Update with protocol when available [zjs]77.552024-HA24-PGRU-SEQUENCING-Z1G 33735 23UO SDNot Available
FLWR-FRUITFEMALE_RATIOFemale ratio. Ratio of observed population with only pistillate flowers; ratio pistillate only individuals observed (0-100).0.7592024-HA24-PGRU-SEQUENCING-Z1G 33735 23UO SDNot Available
FLWR-FRUITMALE_RATIOMale ratio. Ratio of observed population with only staminate flowers; Ratio staminate only individuals observed0.1392024-HA24-PGRU-SEQUENCING-Z1G 33735 23UO SDNot Available
FLWR-FRUITMONO_RATIOMonoecious ratio. Ratio of observed population both pistillate and staminate flowers.0.12592024-HA24-PGRU-SEQUENCING-Z1G 33735 23UO SDNot Available
FLWR-FRUITF_DAYLENGTHFemale (daylength). Daylength at terminal female flowering. Calculated using site data for latitude, in degrees (i.e. between -90.0 and 90.0) with the daylength() function in the R package geosphere (https://rdrr.io/cran/geosphere/man/daylength.html). [hours].12.1352024-HA24-PGRU-SEQUENCING-Z1G 33735 23UO SDNot Available
FLWR-FRUITM_DAYLENGTHMale (daylength). Daylength at first male flower anthesis. Calculated using site data for latitude, in degrees (i.e. between -90.0 and 90.0) with the daylength() function in the R package geosphere (https://rdrr.io/cran/geosphere/man/daylength.html). 13.1832024-HA24-PGRU-SEQUENCING-Z1G 33735 23UO SDNot Available
GENSTOCKSEED.NONumber of seeds in original seed lot (count)145 MARVIN_SEED_ANALYSIS_PGRU_V001G 33735 23UO SDNot Available
GENSTOCKSEED.WEIGHTSeed Weight (g)2.16 MARVIN_SEED_ANALYSIS_PGRU_V001G 33735 23UO SDNot Available
GENSTOCKTSWThousand seed weight (g)14.9 MARVIN_SEED_ANALYSIS_PGRU_V001G 33735 23UO SDNot Available
GENSTOCKSEED.AREASEED.AREA9.2 MARVIN_SEED_ANALYSIS_PGRU_V001G 33735 23UO SDNot Available
GENSTOCKSEED.WIDTHSeed Width (mm)3.1 MARVIN_SEED_ANALYSIS_PGRU_V001G 33735 23UO SDNot Available
GENSTOCKSEED.LENGTHSeed length (mm)4.1 MARVIN_SEED_ANALYSIS_PGRU_V001G 33735 23UO SDNot Available
GENSTOCKSEED.LEN.WIDTH.RATIOSeed length to width ratio1.3 MARVIN_SEED_ANALYSIS_PGRU_V001G 33735 23UO SDNot Available
GENSTOCKSEED.BRIGHTNESSSeed brightness 39.7 MARVIN_SEED_ANALYSIS_PGRU_V001G 33735 23UO SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYMCDMaximum canopy diameter. [decimal; cm] Maximum canopy diameter (mcd) as width of plant at widest set of branches, see Carlson et al. (2021). Measured from widest tip to tip without stretching branches. Include flowering tissue in measurement.153.9242024-HA24-PGRU-SEQUENCING-Z1G 33735 23UO SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYMCDHHeight evaluated at maximum canopy diameter. [decimal; cm] Maximum canopy diameter height, Evaluated at maximum canopy diameter (MCD) to ground, see Carlson et al. (2021).151.6442024-HA24-PGRU-SEQUENCING-Z1G 33735 23UO SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYTRKLTrunk length. [decimal; cm] Trunk length (trkl) is evaluated as distance from ground to first branch. See Carlson et al. (2021).752024-HA24-PGRU-SEQUENCING-Z1G 33735 23UO SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYKITE_PERIMETERKite Perimeter. [decimal; cm] See Carlson et al. (2021).538.66252024-HA24-PGRU-SEQUENCING-Z1G 33735 23UO SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYKITE_AREAKite Area. [decimal; cm2] See Carlson et al. (2021).16068.1652024-HA24-PGRU-SEQUENCING-Z1G 33735 23UO SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYDIADiameter of the stem. dia [decimal; mm]
Diameter of the stem at soil level using forestry measuring tape or fabric measuring tape, modified from Carlson et al. (2021).		42.232552024-HA24-PGRU-SEQUENCING-Z1G 33735 23UO SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYKITE_CIRCULARITYKite Circularity. A continuous scale of apical dominance can be derived (See Carlson et al. 2021)0.6952024-HA24-PGRU-SEQUENCING-Z1G 33735 23UO SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYHTsee https://www.ars.usda.gov/northeast-area/geneva-ny/plant-genetic-resources-unit-pgru/docs/hemp-descriptors/210.3142024-HA24-PGRU-SEQUENCING-Z1G 33735 23UO SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYTRK_RATIOTest phenotype calculated as the ratio of trunk length divided by the height of the plant [TRKL/HT]. This is a proxy for the degree of branching on the lower portion of the plant, which has been identified in conversations as an important agronomic trait for fiber production. PGRU is evaluating this trait, but it is not currently included in the Hemp Phenotyping Handbook.0.0328552024-HA24-PGRU-SEQUENCING-Z1G 33735 23UO SDNot Available
PHENOLOGYDAYS_TO_FLOWER_FEMALE Days To Flower Female. [integer]

Pre-terminal date when axial flowers with shortening internodes and terminal pistils (clusters of flowers at shoot termini) were observed Carlson et al. (2021) as days from sowing to first observed open female and male inflorescence. See also Faux et al. (2013); Shams et al. (2020)		139.1752024-HA24-PGRU-SEQUENCING-Z1G 33735 23UO SDNot Available
PHENOLOGYDAYS_TO_FLOWER_MALE Days To Flower Male . [integer]

Pre-terminal date when axial flowers with shortening internodes and terminal pistils (clusters of flowers at shoot termini) were observed Carlson et al. (2021) as days from sowing to first observed open female and male inflorescence. See also Faux et al. (2013); Shams et al. (2020)		11722024-HA24-PGRU-SEQUENCING-Z1G 33735 23UO SDNot Available
PHENOLOGYDAY_NEUTRALITY Day Neutrality. [nvarchar]
Describe flowering behavior as critical day length and/or day neutral response. A more precise definition is required to define this phenotype quantitatively.		092024-HA24-PGRU-SEQUENCING-Z1G 33735 23UO SDNot Available