Indian hemp
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Indian hemp may refer to any of various fiber bearing plants:
  • Apocynum cannabinum
    Apocynum cannabinum
    Apocynum cannabinum is a perennial herbaceous plant that grows throughout much of North America - in the southern half of Canada and throughout the United States. It is a poisonous plant: Apocynum means "poisonous to dogs"...

  • Cannabis indica
    Cannabis indica
    Cannabis indica is an annual plant in the Cannabaceae family. A putative species of the genus Cannabis, it is typically distinguished from Cannabis sativa. Schultes described C. indica as relatively short, conical, and densely branched, whereas C. sativa was described as tall and laxly branched...

  • Sida rhombifolia
    Sida rhombifolia
    Sida rhombifolia is a perennial or sometimes annual plant in the Family Malvaceae, native to the New World tropics and subtropics. Other common names include Paddy’s lucerne, jelly leaf, and also somewhat confusingly as Cuban jute, Queensland hemp, and Indian hemp Sida rhombifolia (Arrowleaf...

  • Asclepias incarnata
  • Hibiscus cannabinus
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