Steinmetz:Cannabis

Cannabis sativa var. indica

Also known as (or relevant to) Cannabis sativa var. indica Family Moraceae English Names Indian Hemp Hashish herb (Mexican Hashish is known as Marihuana or Marijuana) Natural Habitat Eastern Asia (including India) Egypt Iran Eastern Europe East- and South Africa; naturalized in South America Zanzibar U. S. A. Mexico Part(s) Used Herba Cannabis indicae Oleum Cannabis indicae Ganja (known in the English drug market as "Guaza")

Constituent(s) resin (cannabinone) known in India as Charas and containing cannabinol cannabol cannabindiol cannin cholin Action herb: soporific anodyne antispasmodic hypnotic narcotic intoxicant nerve-stimulant toxic; oil: narcotic intoxicant toxic. The plant attains its highest therapeutic power when grown in tropical or subtropical countries inasmuch as it develops there a larger content of resin than elsewhere. Especially the female plants growing in the hot regions of the tropics yield a quantity of resin possessing intoxicating properties

Cannabis sativa var. vulgaris

Also known as (or relevant to) Cannabis sativa var. vulgaris Family Cannabinaceae English Names Common Hemp Natural Habitat Europe Western Asia China Part(s) Used Fructus Cannabis

Constituent(s) fruit: nuclein lecithin sugar albuminoids cholin trigonellin (alkaloid) fatty oil resin mucilage; leaf: cholin cinnabinol Action fruit: tonic laxative alterative emmenagogue; used as bird food - The plant is considerably less narcotic stupefying antispasmodic etc. than the variety indica (which see)