Genus Genus of three closely related species, often hybridized.
Cannabis is dioecious, i.e. individual plants are either male or female.
It has been found in neolithic Chinese archaeological sites, and is mentioned in the earliest Chinese pharmacopoeias. In India it is associated with Shiva and has played an important role in religious life as a sacred inebriant. Botanical Suffix Linnaeus Habitat Native to Central Asia, now found worldwide. Bhang A beverage made from the plant material of Cannabis spp. Blunts Marijuana rolled in tobacco, commonly the wrapping from a cigar.