All your life in thinking that the buds of cannabis plants were clusters of flowers, and now we are wrong. But that’s only part of the recently published study by independent researcher Kenzi Riboulet-Zemouli, so if you want to know his surprising discoveries, I invite you to read this article where we explain everything in depth.
⚠️ Why is this research being conducted?
So far, several terms related to cannabis included confusion, starting with the word “cannabis”, which we apply to refer to both the plant and the part that is consumed. The project attempts to establish a unique nomenclature, based on scientific evidence, and not as it has been done so far.
It is no coincidence that this research is in progress at the moment, since it goes in parallel with the assessment that WHO has made over the past 3 years on this plant and its derivatives. Not long ago, the World Health Organization changed the list of controlled substances in the cannabis plant and determined that cannabidiol (CBD) should not be a persecuted substance.
The first thing was to try to collect all the terms found throughout history, both in pharmacopoeia books, popular knowledge, academic literature, clinical medicine data, archives, international law, field pharmacy, natural medicine, etc.
The first thing that was done was to compare all of these names to see to what extent they coincide, contradict each other, or directly conflict. The first conclusion was quite obvious, namely that he no scientific basis existed International to explain why these terms had been acquired, because they are very ambiguous or inconsistent.
There seems to be a clear disagreement in the taxonomy, and in particular in the cannabis parthenocarpy, which is not directly taken into account with this plant. The study conducted by Kenzi Riboulet-Zemouli offers a global update of the cannabis terminology on many levels, because confusion can cause problems.
👾 Cannabis buds are parthenocarpic fruits
One of the most surprising conclusions of this study is that which states that the buds we consume from female cannabis plants are not flowers, as we have thought all our life. Ideally, we would refer to the buds as parthenocarpic or directly parthenocarpic fruits, but what does that mean? Well, the flowers do not give seeds, if the seeds come out of female cannabis buds, it is because they are fruits and not flowers as it was previously thought.
Parthenocarpic fruits appear only in certain types of plants, and are the formations that are created when males do not pollinate females, what we had always called “Sinsemilla” flowers or buds. According to the researcher himself “It’s no surprise that cannabis research has overlooked this element: parthenocarpy is a counterintuitive biological mechanism that is often confused, even among experts.. ”
🧐 Other important conclusions of this study
The ban on cannabis has increased the lack of unanimity in the nomenclature and in the criteria, because the lack of serious scientific studies has made that most of the terms related to this plant are inherited, learn on the street, or we can even read them in some publications.
Sometimes we use the same word to refer to different parts of cannabis, as I just did. The term “marijuanaIs as useful for the plant itself as for the parts we smoke. Another example is the word “pollen»That in Spain, we also use it to designate a type of hashish. Another word we often abuse is “hermaphroditeBecause we also use it to refer to intersex women.
Something similar happens with derivatives and extracts, because we often use the word cannabis oil to refer to both CBD oil, seed oil, RSO (Rick Simpson Oil) and even when we talk about butane gas extract, BHO.
🎯 Who is Kenzi Riboulet-Zemouli?
Kenzi is a young independent researcher and cannabis activist of Franco-Algerian nationality, although he currently resides in Barcelona (Spain). He was co-founder of NORML France, as well as FAAT (Foundation for an Alternative Approach to Substance Abuse).
Its work is mainly based on application of ethics, human rights, fair trade and sustainability to the use, production and marketing of plants, fungi and other psychoactive substances. He actively participates in campaigns in France and Spain, and it is common to see him in meetings of the United Nations Commission, both in Vienna (Austria) and Geneva (Switzerland).
✅ Are things going to change from now on?
In principle, we assume that most people will continue to call cannabis and its derivatives as they have done so far, in fact a lot of people have yet to find out about this study, and it is also difficult to change terminology which so far we have taken it for good.
Something we need to change is the lunar and biodynamic calendars, because here he intercedes directly. Normally we adapt the lunar calendar to our cannabis cultivation, which always prevails the days of “flowers”, but after the publication of this study, we should ask ourselves if what we want to promote in our culture is the fruits. The breeders and seed producers who apply the lunar calendar in our garden have always chosen the “Fruit” days, thinking of the highest seed production and quality, and it may be that subconsciously what we promoted was bud production, although it is true that this also improved the seed harvest.
🚀 Conclusion
This doesn’t just happen with the words we use in the field of cannabisthis often happens in other areas of life. The problem is that cannabis is still a taboo subject in many places, and it has been in most countries of the world for many years, which has further accentuated the lack of unification of scientific criteria and the variation in terminology associated with this plant.
Fran Quesada Moya
Pevgrow editor, cannabis activist and fanatic in all its fields, especially the breeding and development of new strains.
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