CANNALIB · STRAIN DOSSIER · BLACK RUSSIAN
Black Russian
2 independent sources put THC at 16%; 195 flower lab samples give a 10th to 90th percentile band of 14 to 23.8%; 9 recorded parents; 30 recorded descendants. It placed in results from Copa Cata Cultivadores and Copa Cogollo del Oeste / Cata @cogollosdeloeste.
Black Russian is a indica dominant hybrid cannabis strain bred by Cannafari. Lab tests put its THC between 14 and 23.8% (the middle 80% of 195 flower samples), with CBD around 0.1%. The terpenes most often reported are alpha-Humulene, Linalool, Caryophyllene Oxide. Recorded parents: Black Domina × Black Widow × Blackberry × Cherry Ak47 × Mr Nice Black Widow × Russian Landrace × White Russian × White Widow × Black Domina And White Russian. Stated flowering time 56 to 63 days. 2 cup placings on record, 0 verified against published results.
● frozen 2026-09-29 · API 0.7.1-stdlib
● evidence bar: thc 2 independent sources
● type: indica dominant hybrid
16%
THC, most-agreed claim
2 independent sources
14–23.8%
Flower lab range
10th to 90th percentile of 195 samples
9
Recorded parents
with sources, never guessed
30
Recorded descendants
through stated parent links
0/2
Cup results, verified/total
placings found in published results
14
Pictures on record
shown with source and credit
CHEMISTRY, CLAIM BY CLAIM
Every THC claim, and who made it.
| THC | Independent sources | Who states it |
|---|---|---|
| 16% | 2 | leafly_flat, leafly_flat_enrich, cropking |
| 24% | 2 | cannaconnection, seedcity_local |
| 0.1% | 1 | wa_wslcb_leaf_new |
| 0.2% | 1 | wa_wslcb_leaf_new |
| 0.7% | 1 | steep_hill_chemotypes_zenodo_3986252 |
| 1.1% | 1 | wa_wslcb_leaf_new |
| 1.2% | 1 | wa_wslcb_leaf_new |
| 8.9% | 1 | replication_data |
| 10.5% | 1 | maxvalue_terpenes_csv |
| 10.6% | 1 | maxvalue_terpenes_csv |
| 11.6% | 1 | replication_data |
| 11.6% | 1 | replication_data |
Lab range 14 to 23.8% THC is the 10th to 90th percentile of 195 flower lab samples, median 18.5%; CBD 0 to 0.4% over 142 samples.
top terpenes by stated value: alpha-Humulene, Linalool, Caryophyllene Oxide, alpha-Pinene, beta-Caryophyllene, beta-Myrcene
487 chemistry rows on record. Flagged rows never used as potency: 107 non flower, 23 quality flagged, 0 percent outliers.
GROW CLAIMS
Height and flowering, as stated.
| Height | Independent sources | Who states it |
|---|---|---|
| 80 to 120 cm | 2 | seedcity, seedcity_local |
| 152 to 244 cm | 1 | cropking |
| Flowering | Independent sources | Who states it |
|---|---|---|
| 56 to 63 days | 4 | seedcity, seedcity_local, cropking, hytiva |
| 63 days | 2 | seedfinder, alchimia |
| 50 to 55 days | 1 | seedfinder |
| 53 days | 1 | seedfinder |
| 56 to 70 days | 1 | seedfinder |
| 49 to 56 days | 1 | cannaconnection |
LINEAGE
Recorded parents, and how many sources agree.
| Parent | Sources | Who states it |
|---|---|---|
| Black Domina | 1 | seedfinder |
| Black Widow | 1 | seedfinder |
| Blackberry | 1 | seedfinder |
| Cherry Ak47 | 1 | seedfinder |
| Mr Nice Black Widow | 1 | strain_fact:seedfinder |
| Russian Landrace | 1 | strain_fact:seedfinder |
| White Russian | 1 | seedfinder |
| White Widow | 1 | strain_fact:alchimia,master |
| Black Domina And White Russian | 1 | strain_fact:cropking |
30 descendants through recorded links, including Applesauce, Armata Ash, Blacath, Black Cheese, Black Critical X Scbdx, Black Durban, Black Gorilla Grape, Black Rose.
COMPETITIONS AND AWARD CLAIMS
Cup results with sources; claims with verdicts.
| Year | Competition | Category | Place | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Copa Cata Cultivadores | Exterior (Primavera) | 2nd | unverified |
| 2022 | Copa Cogollo del Oeste / Cata @cogollosdeloeste | Categoria Exterior | 4th | unverified |
Award claims checked 0 confirmed · 1 unchecked. Only confirmed claims count as results.
| Claim | Year | Source | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cannabis Cup | not stated | herbies | event_ambiguous |
PICTURES, WITH CREDIT
14 pictures on record. Three shown, each with its source.
credit: allbud.s3.amazonaws.com · shown with credit, copyright unverified
credit: seedfinder.eu · shown with credit, copyright unverified
credit: seedfinder.eu · shown with credit, copyright unverified
How to read this page
Every value is a stated claim with its sources. Where sources disagree all claims are listed. The lab range is the 10th to 90th percentile of flower lab samples and is never blended with seed-bank claims. Parents are recorded links, never guessed. Pictures are shown with their source and credit; copyright is unverified. Nothing on this page was invented, averaged across sources or merged from another name.
Aliases on record: black-russian, delicious-seeds/black-russian, cannafari/black-russian, hazeman-seeds/black-russian, unknown-or-legendary/black-russian, blackrussian, 018NY6XC00VTJ5B39YSFXNB3TG
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dossier black-russian · frozen 2026-09-29 · published by CannaLib, a Plausible Deniability project · Cite as: CannaLib (2026). Black Russian strain dossier. https://cannalib.org/strains/black-russian/