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Lab data

Papaya potency: THC, CBD and terpenes from 262 lab tests

In 262 state lab tests, Papaya flower had a median total THC of 21.70%, with the middle half of results between 17.43% and 26.71%.1 CBD is negligible, and limonene leads the terpene profile in the 98 tests that report individual terpenes, although Leafly lists myrcene first.1,2

21.70%median total THC
17.43%–26.71%middle half
14.62%–29.01%middle 80%
35.9%of tests at 25% THC or more
262tests · 25 labs

Beyond the median: the odds of a strong batch, how published figures hold up and more, in the Papaya lab report →

THC distribution

Total THC across 262 tests

0 10 20 30 2–3% THC: 0 tests 3–4% THC: 0 tests 4–5% THC: 0 tests 5–6% THC: 1 tests 6–7% THC: 0 tests 7–8% THC: 1 tests 8–9% THC: 2 tests 9–10% THC: 3 tests 10–11% THC: 1 tests 11–12% THC: 1 tests 12–13% THC: 4 tests 13–14% THC: 7 tests 14–15% THC: 13 tests 15–16% THC: 15 tests 16–17% THC: 12 tests 17–18% THC: 18 tests 18–19% THC: 6 tests 19–20% THC: 7 tests 20–21% THC: 20 tests 21–22% THC: 22 tests 22–23% THC: 8 tests 23–24% THC: 11 tests 24–25% THC: 16 tests 25–26% THC: 14 tests 26–27% THC: 16 tests 27–28% THC: 16 tests 28–29% THC: 21 tests 29–30% THC: 10 tests 30–31% THC: 8 tests 31–32% THC: 4 tests 32–33% THC: 3 tests 33–34% THC: 0 tests 34–35% THC: 2 tests 35–36% THC: 0 tests 4%8%12%16%20%24%28%32%36% median 21.70% Total THC, % by weight
One-point THC bands; shaded: middle half of results. 262 flower tests, 2017-06-29 to 2024-08-30.1

THC by year

Median total THC by year of testing

14% 16% 18% 20% 22% 24% 2019: 17.62% (36 tests) 17.6 2019 n=36 2021: 16.78% (36 tests) 16.8 2021 n=36 2022: 20.21% (60 tests) 20.2 2022 n=60 2023: 22.00% (35 tests) 22.0 2023 n=35
Median total THC per year of testing; years with fewer than 20 tests are left out (2017: 1, 2018: 8, 2020: 7, 2024: 5).1

THC by state

StateTestsMedian THC
Nevada9227.41%
Michigan7316.97%
Washington5721.30%
Maryland2615.90%

States with at least 10 tests. Labs, testing rules and sampling differ by state, so compare states with care.1

Terpene profile

Papaya terpenes, median % by weight

Limonene Limonene: 0.78% (n=98) 0.78% n=98 β-Myrcene β-Myrcene: 0.25% (n=98) 0.25% n=98 Linalool Linalool: 0.20% (n=98) 0.20% n=98 β-Caryophyllene β-Caryophyllene: 0.18% (n=98) 0.18% n=98 β-Pinene β-Pinene: 0.12% (n=98) 0.12% n=98
Median share of each terpene by weight, from 98 tests that report individual terpenes. Median total terpenes: 1.63% (122 tests). α-Pinene and α-Humulene and Terpinolene had a median of zero: at least half of tests reported none.1

How Papaya compares

Lab-tested THC across 17 well-known strains

16% 20% 24% 28% Wedding Cake Wedding Cake: median 23.01%, middle half 20.25%–25.72%, 3,090 tests 23.0% n=3,090 Blueberry Blueberry: median 21.91%, middle half 18.40%–25.23%, 411 tests 21.9% n=411 Papaya Papaya: median 21.70%, middle half 17.43%–26.71%, 262 tests 21.7% n=262 Sour Diesel Sour Diesel: median 21.68%, middle half 19.00%–25.30%, 1,071 tests 21.7% n=1,071 Gelato Gelato: median 21.58%, middle half 18.91%–24.70%, 1,792 tests 21.6% n=1,792 OG Kush OG Kush: median 20.87%, middle half 18.06%–23.36%, 379 tests 20.9% n=379 Super Lemon Haze Super Lemon Haze: median 20.84%, middle half 18.41%–23.48%, 1,543 tests 20.8% n=1,543 Northern Lights Northern Lights: median 20.03%, middle half 17.28%–22.05%, 406 tests 20.0% n=406 Strawberry Cough Strawberry Cough: median 20.00%, middle half 15.88%–23.00%, 231 tests 20.0% n=231 Blue Dream Blue Dream: median 19.96%, middle half 17.62%–22.37%, 2,118 tests 20.0% n=2,118 Pineapple Express Pineapple Express: median 19.80%, middle half 17.54%–21.75%, 461 tests 19.8% n=461 Girl Scout Cookies Girl Scout Cookies: median 19.72%, middle half 17.80%–21.92%, 567 tests 19.7% n=567 Jack Herer Jack Herer: median 19.59%, middle half 17.13%–22.00%, 910 tests 19.6% n=910 Green Crack Green Crack: median 19.52%, middle half 16.79%–21.73%, 1,236 tests 19.5% n=1,236 Durban Poison Durban Poison: median 19.45%, middle half 17.33%–21.99%, 528 tests 19.4% n=528 Trainwreck Trainwreck: median 18.65%, middle half 16.67%–21.42%, 248 tests 18.6% n=248 Granddaddy Purple Granddaddy Purple: median 17.87%, middle half 15.00%–21.55%, 512 tests 17.9% n=512 Median total THC (dot) and middle half of tests (bar)
Every strain processed with the same matching rules from the same dataset.1

How published THC figures compare

Strain databases publish a single figure or a range: Leafly lists 17% THC, AllBud 20–25% and Weedmaps 18–25%.2,3,4 Seed sellers differ by version: Nirvana Seeds rates its current feminized Papaya as medium, 13–18%, and its description says it tested at 18%, while Crop King lists 15–25% for its Jack Herer × Skunk #1 seed.5,6,7

In our lab data, half of Papaya flower tested below 21.70% and 90% below 29.01%; 35.9% reached 25% or more, and the highest result was 34.66%.1 Leafly’s 17% and Nirvana’s 13–18% sit below that median, while AllBud’s and Weedmaps’ ranges take it in.1,2,3,4,5 State medians ran from 15.90% in Maryland (26 tests) to 27.41% in Nevada (92), so where a batch was grown and tested matters as much as the name.1

Crop King lists 0.50% CBD and Nirvana calls its CBD low; in our data, none of the 185 tests that reported CBD reached 1%.1,5,7 Leafly lists CBG at 1%; our lab figures do not include CBG.1,2

Download the data

The 262 matched tests behind this page, one row per test: state, test date, lab, product name, product type, total THC, total CBD and terpenes.

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License: CC BY 4.0. Credit: “Source: Cannlytics, cannabis_results (CC BY 4.0), analysis by Official Cannabis.” The data were filtered and aggregated from the original.

Limits of this data

  • Coverage is uneven. Nevada (92), Michigan (73), Washington (57), Maryland (26), California (5), Colorado (4), Hawaii (4) and Massachusetts (1) supply all 262 tests, which date from 2017 to 2024. Of these, 74 carry no test date, all from Nevada, so the yearly figures leave out most of Nevada’s results, the state with the highest median. Oregon and Rhode Island results carry no product names and could not be matched.
  • Medians differ sharply by state, from 15.90% in Maryland (26 tests) to 27.41% in Nevada (92). One producer supplied 48.5% of the 163 tests that name a producer (Maryland and Michigan records name none), so one grower’s flower weighs heavily on these figures.
  • Some labs report higher THC than others, so we publish medians and middle ranges rather than maxima. No single lab accounts for more than 19.4% of the tests with a recorded lab (25 labs in total); 4 tests, all from Hawaii, have no lab recorded.
  • Terpene medians come from 98 tests with individual terpene values, from Nevada (92), California (5) and Massachusetts (1); Maryland reports only total terpenes, and Washington, Michigan and Hawaii report none. We matched names strictly: 1,680 results under near-miss names such as "Sour Papaya" and "Papaya Cake" are excluded and counted, 77 Washington flower results with only a generic product name were left out, and duplicate certificates are removed.

Sources

  1. Cannlytics (CC BY 4.0), cannabis_results: public state lab results (filtered and aggregated by Official Cannabis). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  2. Leafly, Papaya strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  3. AllBud, Papaya marijuana strain information and reviews. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  4. Weedmaps, Papaya (aka Papaya Kush) strain page. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  5. Nirvana Seeds, Papaya feminized. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  6. SeedFinder, Papaya (Nirvana Seeds): strain info and breeder description. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  7. Crop King Seeds, Papaya strain feminized marijuana seeds. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.