CANNALIB · STRAIN DOSSIER · MALAWI GOLD
Malawi Gold
1 independent source put THC at 14%; 11 flower lab samples give a 10th to 90th percentile band of 7.5 to 17.8%; 11 recorded parents; 29 recorded descendants.
Malawi Gold is a sativa cannabis strain bred by Vicious Genetics. Lab tests put its THC between 7.5 and 17.8% (the middle 80% of 11 flower samples), with CBD around 0.1%. The terpenes most often reported are myrcene, caryophyllene, limonene. Recorded parents: Africa Sativa × Afrika × Afrika Malawi × Guava Juice × Malawi × South African Landrace × Displays Red Stems × Not Forgetting The “Nchila Wa Nkhosa” Strain × Shor × That As The Name Tells × That Resembles The Tail Of A Lamb. Stated flowering time 112 days.
● frozen 2026-09-29 · API 0.7.1-stdlib
● evidence bar: thc 1 independent source
● type: sativa
14%
THC, most-agreed claim
1 independent source
7.5–17.8%
Flower lab range
10th to 90th percentile of 11 samples
11
Recorded parents
with sources, never guessed
29
Recorded descendants
through stated parent links
0/0
Cup results, verified/total
placings found in published results
19
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 8.2 to 17.8% | 1 | phytochem_smith, phytochem_lab |
| 7.5% | 1 | or_prr00150 |
| 7.5% | 1 | replication_data |
| 8.1% | 1 | replication_data |
| 8.2% | 1 | smith_phytochem_sample |
| 13.6% | 1 | replication_data |
| 14% | 1 | replication_data |
| 15.5% | 1 | replication_data |
| 17% | 1 | or_prr00150 |
| 17.8% | 1 | smith_phytochem_sample |
| 14 to 18% | 1 | seedfinder |
| 16 to 24% | 1 | cropking |
Lab range 7.5 to 17.8% THC is the 10th to 90th percentile of 11 flower lab samples, median 14%; CBD 0 to 0.7% over 8 samples.
top terpenes by stated value: myrcene, caryophyllene, limonene, bisabolol, humulene, tot nerolidol ct
37 chemistry rows on record. Flagged rows never used as potency: 0 non flower, 6 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 |
| 120 to 150 cm | 1 | seedfinder |
| 152 to 244 cm | 1 | cropking |
| 180 cm | 1 | seedfinder |
| 200 to 400 cm | 1 | seedfinder |
| Flowering | Independent sources | Who states it |
|---|---|---|
| 112 days | 4 | seedcity, seedcity_local, cannaconnection, seedfinder |
| 70 days | 3 | seedcity, seedcity_local, seedfinder |
| 70 to 91 days | 3 | seedcity, seedcity_local, seedfinder |
| 70 to 98 days | 2 | cropking, seedfinder |
| 98 to 112 days | 2 | cannaconnection, seedfinder |
| 84 to 98 days | 1 | seedfinder |
| 63 days | 1 | seedfinder |
| 77 days | 1 | seedfinder |
| 80 days | 1 | seedfinder |
| 81 days | 1 | seedfinder |
| 84 days | 1 | seedfinder |
| 90 days | 1 | seedfinder |
LINEAGE
Recorded parents, and how many sources agree.
| Parent | Sources | Who states it |
|---|---|---|
| Africa Sativa | 1 | strain_fact:seedfinder |
| Afrika | 1 | strain_fact:seedfinder |
| Afrika Malawi | 1 | summary:lineage_structured |
| Guava Juice | 1 | strain_fact:seedfinder |
| Malawi | 1 | cannaconnection |
| South African Landrace | 1 | strain_fact:seedfinder |
| Displays Red Stems | 1 | strain_fact:seedfinder |
| Not Forgetting The “Nchila Wa Nkhosa” Strain | 1 | strain_fact:seedfinder |
| Shor | 1 | strain_fact:seedfinder |
| That As The Name Tells | 1 | strain_fact:seedfinder |
| That Resembles The Tail Of A Lamb | 1 | strain_fact:seedfinder |
29 descendants through recorded links, including African Haze, Cherry Malawi, Deep Chunk X Malawi Gold, Fire Red, Gold Star, Golden Widow, Soul Safari, Golden Star.
COMPETITIONS AND AWARD CLAIMS
Cup results with sources; claims with verdicts.
No cup results on record.
No seed-bank award claims on record.
PICTURES, WITH CREDIT
19 pictures on record. Three shown, each with its source.
credit: cropkingseeds.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: Malawi Gold, malawi gold landrace strain cannabis seeds, african-seeds/malawi-gold, anesia-seeds/malawi-gold, seeds-of-africa/malawi-gold, lineage-genetics/malawi-gold, afropips-seeds/malawi-gold, christiania-seedbank/malawi-gold, green-hornet/malawi-gold, hemcy-genetics/malawi-gold, holy-smoke-seeds/malawi-gold, nomad-seed-bank/malawi-gold, rebel-seeds/malawi-gold, the-landrace-team/malawi-gold, unknown-or-legendary/malawi-gold, malawigold, 018NY6XC00VTT38RG231PWC603
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dossier malawi-gold · frozen 2026-09-29 · published by CannaLib, a Plausible Deniability project · Cite as: CannaLib (2026). Malawi Gold strain dossier. https://cannalib.org/strains/malawi-gold/