CANNALIB · STRAIN DOSSIER · AFGHANI

Afghani

3 independent sources put THC at 16%; 316 flower lab samples give a 10th to 90th percentile band of 10.7 to 22.4%; 2 recorded parents; 746 recorded descendants. It placed in results from Lift & Co. Canadian Cannabis Awards and Karma Cup.

Afghani is a indica cannabis strain bred by Alaska Cannabis Cache. Lab tests put its THC between 10.7 and 22.4% (the middle 80% of 316 flower samples). The terpenes most often reported are β-caryophyllene, linalool, limonene. Recorded parents: Landrace From Afghanistan × Landrance Strain. Stated flowering time 45 to 50 days. 2 cup placings on record, 1 verified against published results.

●   frozen 2026-09-29 · API 0.7.1-stdlib

●   evidence bar: thc 3 independent sources

●   type: indica

16%
THC, most-agreed claim
3 independent sources

10.7–22.4%
Flower lab range
10th to 90th percentile of 316 samples

2
Recorded parents
with sources, never guessed

746
Recorded descendants
through stated parent links

1/2
Cup results, verified/total
placings found in published results

15
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% 3 allbud, seedfinder, medical_effects, master
12% 3 seedfinder, seedcity, cannabis_intelligence
23.5% 2 or_prr00150, or_olcc_rich_enrich
0.1 to 25% 1 phytochem_smith, phytochem_lab
0.1% 1 smith_phytochem_sample
0.4% 1 steep_hill_chemotypes_zenodo_3986252
0.4% 1 smith_phytochem_sample
0.5% 1 smith_phytochem_sample
0.5% 1 smith_phytochem_sample
0.5% 1 smith_phytochem_sample
0.5% 1 smith_phytochem_sample
0.7% 1 smith_phytochem_sample

Lab range 10.7 to 22.4% THC is the 10th to 90th percentile of 316 flower lab samples, median 18.5%; CBD 0 to 0.2% over 267 samples.

top terpenes by stated value: β-caryophyllene, linalool, limonene, α-humulene, nerolidol, β-pinene

680 chemistry rows on record. Flagged rows never used as potency: 70 non flower, 19 quality flagged, 0 percent outliers.

GROW CLAIMS

Height and flowering, as stated.

Height Independent sources Who states it
200 cm 2 cannaconnection, seedfinder
80 to 120 cm 2 seedcity, seedcity_local
119 cm 1 seedfinder
120 cm 1 seedfinder
201 cm 1 seedfinder
Flowering Independent sources Who states it
45 to 50 days 3 seedcity, seedcity_local, seedfinder
49 to 56 days 2 cannaconnection, seedfinder
63 days 2 cropking, seedfinder
53 days 1 seedfinder
60 days 1 seedfinder
48 days 1 seedfinder
50 days 1 seedfinder
56 days 1 seedfinder
45 to 55 days 1 seedfinder
42 to 45 days 1 runner:brain-data-staging-book-grow-guide-corpus-tier-b-cervantes-h
LINEAGE

Recorded parents, and how many sources agree.

Parent Sources Who states it
Landrace From Afghanistan 1 cannaconnection
Landrance Strain 1 strain_fact:cropking

746 descendants through recorded links, including A Train Seeds, Afghan Shadow Asb Giant Auto Seeds, Afghanica Seeds, Afgooey Seeds, Alaska Thunderfuck Auto Seeds, Amnesia Haze Seeds, Amnesia White Seeds, Aurora Indica Seeds.

COMPETITIONS AND AWARD CLAIMS

Cup results with sources; claims with verdicts.

Year Competition Category Place Checked
2014 Lift & Co. Canadian Cannabis Awards LICENSED PRODUCERS CATEGORY / BEST INDICA FLOWER 1st verified
2014 Karma Cup Indica 11th unverified

Award claims checked 0 confirmed  ·  2 unchecked. Only confirmed claims count as results.

Claim Year Source Verdict
Cannabis Cup not stated seedfinder event_ambiguous
second place at the Cannabis Cup award 1994 1994 seedfinder not_in_results
PICTURES, WITH CREDIT

15 pictures on record. Three shown, each with its source.

Afghani strain picture, credit cropkingseeds.com

credit: cropkingseeds.com · shown with credit, copyright unverified

Afghani strain picture, credit seedfinder.eu

credit: seedfinder.eu · shown with credit, copyright unverified

Afghani strain picture, credit seedfinder.eu

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: afghani, alaska-cannabis-cache/afghani, homegrown-fantaseeds/afghani, house-of-the-great-gardener/afghani, jordan-of-the-islands/afghani, medicann-seeds/afghani, the-nuglab/afghani, unknown-or-legendary/afghani, zamnesia/afghani, 018NY6XC00VTFNJFV6B2J5DB4C

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dossier afghani · frozen 2026-09-29 · published by CannaLib, a Plausible Deniability project · Cite as: CannaLib (2026). Afghani strain dossier. https://cannalib.org/strains/afghani/

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