20/12/2025
A recent analytical study found that Trema micranthum — a tree from the same plant family (Cannabaceae) — produces , , and their acidic precursors!
Yes it has it all: CBD, THC, CBDA, THCA-A.
But keep calm and before jumping to “ !” headlines — lets do the reality check:
→ The cannabinoids are real — but the quantities are tiny.
→ Leaves contained roughly 4.4 mg CBD and 1 mg THC per gram of extract.
→ That’s ~100× lower CBD levels than Cannabis sativa –our one and only Healer Queen!
So why this study is a :
→ It breaks a long-standing assumption: Cannabinoid production is not exclusive to cannabis.
→ Even more interesting? This non-cannabis plant follows the same biological logic as cannabis — producing cannabinoids first in their acidic forms (CBDA, THCA-A).
→ That tells us something fundamental: are likely more in nature than we thought. We just haven’t been looking.
For ’s in particular, this matters.
If are part of a broader phylogenetic toolkit, we may eventually design:
→ non-intoxicating, hormone-aware cannabinoid profiles
→ plant systems optimized for specific inflammatory or neuroendocrine pathways
→ new routes that sidestep today’s and
Right now, Trema micranthum is not our next source.
But scientifically? It’s a signal — that our plant intelligence map is incomplete.
And that won’t come from louder and pink marketing, but from better !
