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The Official Cannabis collection · sheet 16No 16 · OG Kushvs Hindu Kush

Comparison

OG Kush vs Hindu Kush

Leafly lists Hindu Kush as an OG Kush parent, but the larger OG Kush origin account remains disputed.1,2

Side by side

OG KushHindu Kush
TypeHybrid1Indica2
Published lineage / linkLeafly lists Hindu Kush as a parent1Leafly’s graph lists OG Kush as a child2
Median THC (lab tests)20.87% (379 tests)317.91% (17 tests); small sample3
Middle half (lab tests)18.06%–23.36%317.03%–18.89%3
Top terpenes (lab tests)β-Caryophyllene, Limonene, β-Myrcene (127 tests)3Too few tests report individual terpenes3
Published effect labelsHungry, relaxed, sleepy (Leafly)1Sleepy, relaxed, hungry2
Published flavor labelsWoody, pine, earthy (Leafly)1Earthy, woody, spicy/herbal2

Lab rows come from the same state lab dataset and matching rules for both strains.3

Lab-tested THC: OG Kush vs Hindu Kush

16% 18% 20% 22% 24% OG Kush OG Kush: median 20.87%, middle half 18.06%–23.36%, 379 tests 20.9% n=379 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.3

A small comparison sample

Hindu Kush has 17 lab tests here, so its median is a small-sample measure, not a strain-wide estimate.3 Hindu Kush has a sister guide at hindukush.com.2

Where menus list more

In Weedmaps snapshots from Oct 5, 2026 (OG Kush) and Oct 3, 2026 (Hindu Kush), 148 stores within 50 miles of Los Angeles listed OG Kush flower on Weedmaps, against 19 stores for Hindu Kush; around New York the counts were 60 and 5.4

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Sources

  1. Leafly, OG Kush strain information. Accessed Oct 5, 2026.
  2. Leafly, Hindu Kush strain information. Accessed Oct 5, 2026.
  3. Cannlytics (CC BY 4.0), cannabis_results: public state lab results (filtered and aggregated by Official Cannabis). Accessed Oct 5, 2026.
  4. Weedmaps listings, compiled by Official Cannabis, Weedmaps flower menu snapshot, 27 US markets, Oct 5, 2026. Accessed Oct 5, 2026.