what is the botanical name of Australian 'native hemp'?

Answer 1

Hemp is a common name for Cannabis and the name most used when this annual plant is grown for non-drug purposes. These include the industrial purposes for which cultivation licences may be issued in the European Union and Canada. In the United Kingdom licences are issued by the Home Office under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. When grown for industrial purposes hemp is often called industrial hemp (or industrial cannabis), and a common product is fiber for use in a wide variety of products.

Those who recognize more than one species of Cannabis assign Cannabis sativa as the major hemp crop, while purported species Cannabis indica, Cannabis rasta and Cannabis ruderalis produce recreational and medicinal drugs. The chief difference lies in the amount of delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol, or T.H.C., secreted in resins from epidermal glands—the strains of Cannabis sativa used for industrial hemp production contain almost none of this resin while the other two species (or varieties) secrete significant amounts. Many botanists dispute these labels and more analysis at the DNA level will be needed to gain consensus.

Hemp is used to make cordage of greatly varying tensile strength, clothing, food, and the oils from the seeds can be made into paint or used for cooking. In Europe and China hemp fibers are increasingly used in plasters and composites answering to many construction and manufacturing needs. Mercedes Benz uses a "biocomposite" principally of hemp in the interior panels of some of its automobiles. Hemp use in the United States is severely depressed by laws supported by governmental drug enforcement bodies, which fear that high T.H.C. plants will be grown amidst the ultra-low T.H.C. plants used for hemp production. Efforts are underway to change these laws, allowing American farmers to compete in the growing markets for this crop. As of 2006, China controls roughly 40% of the world's hemp fiber. Hemp is also used in some organic cereals

Answer 2

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Answer 3

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