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Comparison

Hindu Kush vs Purple Urkle

Both appear in Leafly’s list of the best strains for feeling sleepy, and users report the same top effects. Purple Urkle is a grape-and-plum indica believed to come from a Mendocino Purps phenotype; Hindu Kush is an earthy landrace.1,2,3 Both have small lab samples: 19.00% median THC for Purple Urkle (35 tests) and 17.91% for Hindu Kush (17).4

Side by side

Hindu KushPurple Urkle
TypePure indica landrace1,3Indica2
LineageNone named: a landrace from the Hindu Kush range1Believed to be a Mendocino Purps phenotype2
Median THC (state lab tests)17.91% (17 tests); small sample19.00% (35 tests); small sample
Middle half of THC results17.03%–18.89%15.98%–22.42%
Top terpenes (median)Too few tests for a profile (1 of 17 with terpene values)Not enough terpene data
Leafly top effectsSleepy, relaxed, hungry3Sleepy, relaxed, hungry2
FlavorEarthy, woody, spicy/herbal3Grape, plum, berry2
Flowering45–50 days (Sensi Seeds’ line)57–9 weeks2

Lab rows come from the same state lab dataset and matching rules for both strains.4

Lab-tested THC: Hindu Kush vs Purple Urkle

14% 16% 18% 20% 22% 24% Purple Urkle Purple Urkle: median 19.00%, middle half 15.98%–22.42%, 35 tests 19.0% n=35 Hindu Kush Hindu Kush: median 17.91%, middle half 17.03%–18.89%, 17 tests 17.9% n=17 Median total THC (dot) and middle half of tests (bar)
Median and middle half of total THC in state lab tests. Small sample: Hindu Kush has only 17 tests; Purple Urkle has only 35 tests.4

Which is easier to find

On Oct 3, 2026, 19 stores within 50 miles of Los Angeles listed Hindu Kush flower on Weedmaps, against 10 stores for Purple Urkle; around New York the counts were 5 and 4.6

Its own site

Purple Urkle has its own guide in the Official Cannabis network at purpleurkle.com.

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Sources

  1. Leafly, Leafly’s 100 best weed strains of all time (2026-07-14). Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  2. Leafly, Purple Urkle strain information. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  3. Leafly, Hindu Kush strain information. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  4. Cannlytics (CC BY 4.0), cannabis_results: public state lab results (filtered and aggregated by Official Cannabis). Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  5. Sensi Seeds, Hindu Kush regular seeds. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  6. Weedmaps listings, compiled by Official Cannabis, Weedmaps flower menu snapshot, 27 US markets, Oct 3, 2026. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.