What the words originally meant
Short, broad-leafed plants from cooler climates were called indica; tall, narrow-leafed plants from warmer ones, sativa. That is a description of the plant, not of your evening.
What to read instead
- The terpene profile, which is measured and printed on every listing.
- The format, which decides how fast it reaches you.
- The reported cannabinoid content, where a plausible figure exists.
- The lineage, last, as a rough family resemblance.
Why we still print it
Because people search by it and it is a genuine part of a batch’s record. We print it as lineage, alongside the profile that actually predicts the experience, rather than instead of it.


