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Lab data

Hindu Kush potency: THC and CBD from 17 lab tests

In only 17 state lab tests, a small sample, Hindu Kush flower had a median total THC of 17.91%, with the middle half of results between 17.03% and 18.89%.1 CBD is low, and only 1 of the 17 tests reported individual terpene values, too few for a terpene profile.1

Small sample: only 17 matched tests. Treat the figures on this page as indicative, not definitive.1

17.91%median total THC (small sample)
17.03%–18.89%middle half
16.40%–19.45%middle 80%
0.0%of tests at 25% THC or more
17tests · 7 labs

THC distribution

Total THC across 17 tests

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One-point THC bands; shaded: middle half of results. 17 flower tests, 2015-10-15 to 2022-01-12.1

THC by year

Too few tests per year to show a trend: no year has 20 or more tests (2015: 1, 2018: 7, 2019: 7, 2021: 1, 2022: 1).1

THC by state

StateTestsMedian THC
Washington1417.64%

States with at least 10 tests. Labs, testing rules and sampling differ by state, so compare states with care.1

Terpene profile

Only 1 of the 17 matched tests report individual terpene values, too few for a profile (we chart terpenes reported by at least 10 tests).1

How Hindu Kush compares

Lab-tested THC across 17 well-known strains

16% 20% 24% Wedding Cake Wedding Cake: median 23.01%, middle half 20.24%–25.70%, 3,085 tests 23.0% n=3,085 Blueberry Blueberry: median 21.91%, middle half 18.40%–25.23%, 411 tests 21.9% n=411 Sour Diesel Sour Diesel: median 21.68%, middle half 19.00%–25.30%, 1,071 tests 21.7% n=1,071 Gelato Gelato: median 21.49%, middle half 18.90%–24.63%, 1,845 tests 21.5% n=1,845 OG Kush OG Kush: median 20.87%, middle half 18.06%–23.36%, 379 tests 20.9% n=379 Super Lemon Haze Super Lemon Haze: median 20.84%, middle half 18.41%–23.48%, 1,543 tests 20.8% n=1,543 Northern Lights Northern Lights: median 20.03%, middle half 17.28%–22.05%, 406 tests 20.0% n=406 Strawberry Cough Strawberry Cough: median 20.00%, middle half 15.88%–23.00%, 231 tests 20.0% n=231 Blue Dream Blue Dream: median 19.96%, middle half 17.62%–22.37%, 2,118 tests 20.0% n=2,118 Pineapple Express Pineapple Express: median 19.80%, middle half 17.54%–21.75%, 461 tests 19.8% n=461 Girl Scout Cookies Girl Scout Cookies: median 19.72%, middle half 17.80%–21.92%, 567 tests 19.7% n=567 Jack Herer Jack Herer: median 19.59%, middle half 17.13%–22.00%, 910 tests 19.6% n=910 Green Crack Green Crack: median 19.52%, middle half 16.79%–21.73%, 1,236 tests 19.5% n=1,236 Durban Poison Durban Poison: median 19.45%, middle half 17.33%–21.99%, 528 tests 19.4% n=528 Trainwreck Trainwreck: median 18.65%, middle half 16.67%–21.42%, 248 tests 18.6% n=248 Hindu Kush Hindu Kush: median 17.91%, middle half 17.03%–18.89%, 17 tests 17.9% n=17 Granddaddy Purple Granddaddy Purple: median 17.87%, middle half 15.00%–21.55%, 512 tests 17.9% n=512 Median total THC (dot) and middle half of tests (bar)
Every strain processed with the same matching rules from the same dataset.1

How published THC figures compare

Strain databases publish a single figure or a range: Leafly lists 19% THC and AllBud 22–32%.2,3 Seed sellers differ: Sensi Seeds calls its line medium-to-high in potency without giving a number, Barney’s Farm lists 15–25% for its feminized version, and a US retailer lists the same seeds at 15–19%.4,5,6

In our small lab sample, 90% of Hindu Kush flower tested below 19.45%, and none of the 17 tests reached the bottom of AllBud’s range (the highest was 20.31%).1 Leafly says a true landrace is most likely less potent than today’s strains, which are typically bred for higher potency; with only 17 tests, 14 of them from 2018–2019, our data cannot test that.1,7

Download the data

The 17 matched tests behind this page, one row per test: state, test date, lab, product name, product type, total THC, total CBD and terpenes.

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License: CC BY 4.0. Credit: “Source: Cannlytics, cannabis_results (CC BY 4.0), analysis by Official Cannabis.” The data were filtered and aggregated from the original.

Limits of this data

  • Coverage is thin and dated. WA (14), MA (2), MI (1) supply all 17 tests, 14 of them from 2018–2019; the latest is from 2022. Oregon and Rhode Island results carry no product names and could not be matched.
  • Washington tests count only when the strain field and the product name both name the strain; 103 Washington flower results with only a generic product name (such as "Flower Lot") were left out.
  • Some labs report higher THC than others, so we publish medians and middle ranges rather than maxima. One lab supplied 35.3% of these tests (7 labs in total).
  • We matched names strictly: 217 results under near-miss names, including named variants such as "Purple Hindu Kush" and crosses, are excluded and counted, and duplicate certificates are removed. Terpenes: only 1 of the 17 tests reported individual terpene values (Massachusetts); Washington and Michigan labs report none.

Sources

  1. Cannlytics (CC BY 4.0), cannabis_results: public state lab results (filtered and aggregated by Official Cannabis). Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  2. Leafly, Hindu Kush strain information. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  3. AllBud, Hindu Kush marijuana strain information and reviews. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  4. SeedFinder, Hindu Kush (Sensi Seeds): strain info. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  5. SeedFinder, Hindu Kush (Barney’s Farm): strain info and breeder description. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  6. Seeds Here Now, Hindu Kush (feminized), Barney’s Farm. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  7. Leafly, 5 classic weed strains from the ’60s you can still find today (2024-06-20). Accessed Oct 3, 2026.