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Afghani strain: its lineage and history
Afghani is a landrace, by the usual account: the cannabis of Afghanistan and the Hindu Kush mountains, brought west by the early 1970s. Afghani is not on the Las Vegas superstore's shelf at our latest menu update; the live menu shows when a new batch arrives.
What it is
A landrace is a plant that adapted to one place over generations rather than a cross of two named strains. Afghani's place is Afghanistan and the Hindu Kush range on its border with Pakistan; one account narrows it to the region around Mazar-i-Sharif. One account credits travelers on the overland Hippie Trail of the 1960s and early 1970s with carrying its seeds west, and California growers had Afghan plants in the 1970s.
Seed companies sell their own selections, Sensi Seeds' Afghani #1 among them, so what is sold under the name varies. All of that is the circulated history, not a lab fact.
What is on our shelf now
Afghani is not on the Las Vegas superstore's shelf at our latest menu update; the live menu shows when a new batch arrives.
When a batch with a lab panel is on our shelf, this section lists each product with its lab panel and its grade on the five-class spectrum. Search Afghani on the live menu.
What that means for you
A landrace name names a place, not a single plant, and every grower's selection from it differs. Read each batch's terpenes and its grade on the five-class spectrum, which sets it by its own panel.
Questions people ask about Afghani
Is Afghani indica or sativa?
Afghani is usually described as an indica. That is its reputation, not a lab fact. Afghani is not on the Las Vegas superstore's shelf today, so no current panel of ours grades it.
How strong is Afghani?
Afghani is not on the Las Vegas superstore's shelf today, so we will not guess; the live menu lists each batch's tested THC.
What does Afghani smell and taste like?
Afghani is not on the Las Vegas superstore's shelf today, so we have no current panel to read, and we will not describe it from the name alone.
What effects does Afghani have?
Effects vary from person to person and from batch to batch, so we do not promise any. What a panel tells you is the chemistry: which terpenes lead, and the grade it earns on the five-class spectrum.
Is Afghani a landrace?
Yes, by the usual account: the cannabis that grew in Afghanistan and the Hindu Kush, brought west by the early 1970s. What is sold under the name today is a seed company's or a grower's selection from those plants, so it varies.
Where can I buy Afghani in Las Vegas?
It is not on the Las Vegas superstore's shelf at our latest menu update. Search the live menu, which shows each new batch as it arrives.
Lab figures, when a batch is on our shelf, come from its panel and change batch to batch; the product page always shows the current panel. Effects vary by person; nothing here is medical advice. For use only by adults 21 and older.