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The Official Cannabis collection · sheet 26No 26 · Papayavs Guava

Comparison

Papaya vs Guava

Guava and Papaya share tropical-fruit names and, on Leafly, the same three flavor tags, apricot, tree fruit and tropical, but no family: Guava is a sativa-leaning Gelato phenotype from the Cookies Fam.1,2 Leafly users call Guava talkative, focused and energetic and Papaya relaxed, sleepy and hungry, though Leafly’s 100 best list files both under feeling focused.1,2,3 Guava tests higher in state labs: 23.52% median THC across 92 tests, against 21.70% across 262 for Papaya.4

Side by side

PapayaGuava
TypeIndica-leaning hybrid: indica-dominant per Leafly, 70% indica per AllBud2,5Sativa-leaning hybrid1
LineageCitral #13 × Ice #2, or Jack Herer × Skunk #1 for the legacy line (Nirvana Seeds)2,6A Gelato phenotype (Cookies Fam)1
Median THC (state lab tests)21.70% (262 tests)23.52% (92 tests); small sample
Middle half of THC results17.43%–26.71%21.32%–25.73%
Top terpenes (median)Limonene, β-Myrcene, Linalool (98 tests)β-Caryophyllene, Limonene, α-Humulene (20 tests)
Terpenes listed by LeaflyMyrcene, limonene, caryophyllene2Limonene, caryophyllene, linalool1
Leafly’s top effectsRelaxed, sleepy, hungry2Talkative, focused, energetic1
Flavor (Leafly)Tree fruit, tropical, apricot2Apricot, tree fruit, tropical1

Lab rows come from the same state lab dataset and matching rules for both strains.4

Lab-tested THC: Papaya vs Guava

16% 18% 20% 22% 24% 26% 28% Guava Guava: median 23.52%, middle half 21.32%–25.73%, 92 tests 23.5% n=92 Papaya Papaya: median 21.70%, middle half 17.43%–26.71%, 262 tests 21.7% n=262 Median total THC (dot) and middle half of tests (bar)
Median and middle half of total THC in state lab tests. Small sample: Guava has only 92 tests.4

Reading the lab gap

Guava’s figures lean on one source: one lab supplied 21.3% of its 92 tests, and Michigan supplied 64 of them, while Papaya’s 262 tests come from 25 labs in 8 states.4 Guava has its own guide in the Official Cannabis network at guavastrain.com.

Which is easier to find

On Oct 4, 2026, 63 stores within 50 miles of Los Angeles listed Papaya flower on Weedmaps, against 78 stores for Guava; around New York the counts were 11 and 35.7 Papaya’s counts include items named Papaya Kush and may include a few products of uncertain identity (see where to find it).7

More comparisons

Sources

  1. Leafly, Guava strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  2. Leafly, Papaya strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  3. Leafly, Leafly’s 100 best weed strains of all time (2026-07-14). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  4. Cannlytics (CC BY 4.0), cannabis_results: public state lab results (filtered and aggregated by Official Cannabis). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  5. AllBud, Papaya marijuana strain information and reviews. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  6. SeedFinder, Papaya (legacy) (Nirvana Seeds): strain info and breeder description. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  7. Weedmaps listings, compiled by Official Cannabis, Weedmaps flower menu snapshot, 27 US markets, Oct 4, 2026. Accessed Oct 4, 2026. Latest capture Oct 4, 2026.