CANNABACEAE - Hemp Family
Herbs, mostly dioecious
Leaves opposite, palmately compound
or simple
Flowers in complex infls. which are axillary to upper reduced leaves, unisexual,
wind-pollinated
2 genera - Cannabis and Humulus
Economic uses
Humulus - brewing beer
Cannabis sativa subsp. sativa - hemp
Cannavis sativa subsp. indica - marijuana, hashish
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