<I>Cannabis sativa</I> trichomes (IMAGE)

University of Saskatchewan

<I>Cannabis sativa</I> trichomes

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Cannabinoids are produced on the flowers of the female plant of Cannabis sativa in tiny hair-like structures called trichomes, the plant’s own "chemical factories."

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Jon Page (UofS/NRC), Klaus Adler (IPK-Gatersleben, Germany)

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