CANNALIB · STRAIN DOSSIER · DURBAN COOKIES
Durban Cookies
2 independent sources put THC at 21%; 236 flower lab samples give a 10th to 90th percentile band of 17.5 to 33.6%; 6 recorded parents; 1 recorded descendant. It placed in results from High Times Cannabis Cup (United States) and California State Fair Cannabis Awards / California Cannabis Awards.
Durban Cookies is a sativa dominant hybrid cannabis strain bred by pHeno pHarm Strains. Lab tests put its THC between 17.5 and 33.6% (the middle 80% of 236 flower samples), with CBD around 0.1%. The terpenes most often reported are beta-Caryophyllene, alpha-Humulene, alpha-Pinene. Recorded parents: Black Lime Reserve × Deep Chunk × Durban Poison × Gsc × Og Kush × Durbam Poison. Stated flowering time 62 days. 4 cup placings on record, 4 verified against published results.
● frozen 2026-09-29 · API 0.7.1-stdlib
● evidence bar: thc 2 independent sources
● type: sativa dominant hybrid
21%
THC, most-agreed claim
2 independent sources
17.5–33.6%
Flower lab range
10th to 90th percentile of 236 samples
6
Recorded parents
with sources, never guessed
1
Recorded descendants
through stated parent links
4/4
Cup results, verified/total
placings found in published results
3
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 21% | 2 | cannlytics_expand, leafly_flat, leafly_flat_enrich |
| 1.1% | 1 | steep_hill_chemotypes_zenodo_3986252 |
| 1.9 to 26.9% | 1 | phytochem_smith, phytochem_lab |
| 0.1% | 1 | cannlytics_expand |
| 1.8% | 1 | cannlytics_expand |
| 1.9% | 1 | smith_phytochem_sample |
| 4.3% | 1 | steep_hill_chemotypes_zenodo_3986252 |
| 7.4% | 1 | nv_gnfvbs_2018_2019 |
| 8.3% | 1 | nv_gnfvbs_2018_2019 |
| 11.3% | 1 | nv_ccb_lab_library |
| 11.9% | 1 | nv_gnfvbs_2018_2019 |
| 12.5% | 1 | nv_ccb_lab_library |
Lab range 17.5 to 33.6% THC is the 10th to 90th percentile of 236 flower lab samples, median 25.4%; CBD 0 to 0.1% over 234 samples.
top terpenes by stated value: beta-Caryophyllene, alpha-Humulene, alpha-Pinene, beta-Myrcene, limonene, terpinolene
303 chemistry rows on record. Flagged rows never used as potency: 37 non flower, 8 quality flagged, 0 percent outliers.
GROW CLAIMS
Height and flowering, as stated.
No height claims on record.
| Flowering | Independent sources | Who states it |
|---|---|---|
| 62 days | 1 | seedfinder |
LINEAGE
Recorded parents, and how many sources agree.
| Parent | Sources | Who states it |
|---|---|---|
| Black Lime Reserve | 1 | abbrev_resolved:BLR |
| Deep Chunk | 1 | seedfinder |
| Durban Poison | 1 | seedfinder |
| Gsc | 1 | strain_fact:hytiva |
| Og Kush | 1 | leafly_parent_slugs:leafly_flat_enrich |
| Durbam Poison | 1 | strain_fact:seedfinder|part_of:Durbam Poison x Deep Chunk |
1 descendants through recorded links, including Durban Cookies Strain Autoflower.
COMPETITIONS AND AWARD CLAIMS
Cup results with sources; claims with verdicts.
| Year | Competition | Category | Place | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | California State Fair Cannabis Awards / California Cannabis Awards | Mixed Light: Caryophylene | Gold | verified |
| 2024 | California State Fair Cannabis Awards / California Cannabis Awards | Mixed Light: MCL | Silver | verified |
| 2024 | California State Fair Cannabis Awards / California Cannabis Awards | Mixed Light: CBGa | Gold | verified |
| 2016 | High Times Cannabis Cup (United States) | BEST SATIVA FLOWER | 1st | verified |
Award claims checked 1 confirmed · 0 unchecked. Only confirmed claims count as results.
| Claim | Year | Source | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cannabis Cup | not stated · matched 2016 | hytiva | confirmed |
PICTURES, WITH CREDIT
3 pictures on record. Three shown, each with its source.
credit: images.hytiva.com · shown with credit, copyright unverified
credit: allbud.s3.amazonaws.com · shown with credit, copyright unverified
credit: hightimes.com · 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: durban-cookies, pheno-pharm-strains/durban-cookies, durbancookies, 018NY6XC00VTDG2FGXTY91JMDM
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dossier durban-cookies · frozen 2026-09-29 · published by CannaLib, a Plausible Deniability project · Cite as: CannaLib (2026). Durban Cookies strain dossier. https://cannalib.org/strains/durban-cookies/