When we have begun the 1st Ganja Cup we wanted to make this to be an event that was a cultural vanguard
So when we discussed about the categories for the competition it come out the topic of “Indica” “Sativa”
After a full immersion on study and research we come with one conclusion, that terminology is usually used wrongly and most of times make no sense at all
So we decided not to use that separation.
In the Prempavee 1st Ganja Cup we currently use that sounds only this way:
The word “Sativa comes from the Latin sativus, which means cultivated, sown, or planted”*
so we can say, with the exclusion of the wild ganja, that all ganja is Sativa
The word “The word indica comes from the Latin indicus, which translates to of India. It is the feminine form used in botanical taxonomy to describe species of plants native to or heavily associated with the Indian subcontinent”**
So we can say that only the ganja from India can be called indica, but if we observe the general explanation given in the canna world the world indica is associated to short internode broad leaves structure and sedative effects and this does not necessarily correspond with Ganja from India
Also some modern research suggest that there is no biological difference at molecular level amongst the two
So at the Prempavee 1st Ganja Cup we decided to consider this classification obsolete and we did not adopted
For the future we are more prone to consider a classification based on climate zones and chemo types
This choice we took is not free from negative external judgement like for example in the following text
But is not the only one.. many also more aggressive
What do you think about?
*Source: online ethymology dictionary
**Source: Wiktionary
