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The Official Cannabis collection · sheet 26No 26 · Papayavs Wedding Cake

Comparison

Papaya vs Wedding Cake

Papaya and Wedding Cake are the parents of Papaya Cake, a Mad Cow Genetics cross that Leafly lists as a strain of its own.1 Leafly places both on the calming side of its scale; Wedding Cake, a Triangle Kush × Animal Mints cross, tastes of vanilla, pepper and butter rather than tropical fruit.2,3 Wedding Cake tests higher in state labs: 23.01% median THC across 3,090 tests, against 21.70% across 262 for Papaya.4

Side by side

PapayaWedding Cake
TypeIndica-leaning hybrid: indica-dominant per Leafly, 70% indica per AllBud3,5Indica-hybrid (Leafly’s description)2
LineageCitral #13 × Ice #2, or Jack Herer × Skunk #1 for the legacy line (Nirvana Seeds)3,6Triangle Kush × Animal Mints2
Median THC (state lab tests)21.70% (262 tests)23.01% (3,090 tests)
Middle half of THC results17.43%–26.71%20.25%–25.72%
Top terpenes (median)Limonene, β-Myrcene, Linalool (98 tests)β-Caryophyllene, Limonene, β-Myrcene (1,388 tests)
Leafly’s top effectsRelaxed, sleepy, hungry3Relaxed, aroused, hungry2
FlavorTree fruit, tropical, apricot3Vanilla, pepper, butter2
Also known asPapaya Kush (Weedmaps)7Triangle Mints #23; Pink Cookies in Canada2

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

Lab-tested THC: Papaya vs Wedding Cake

16% 18% 20% 22% 24% 26% 28% Wedding Cake Wedding Cake: median 23.01%, middle half 20.25%–25.72%, 3,090 tests 23.0% n=3,090 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.4

Their cross: Papaya Cake

Leafly lists Papaya Cake as a Mad Cow Genetics hybrid of Papaya and Wedding Cake (its description adds White OG), at 24% THC, with tropical, mango and apricot flavors.1 It is common in state lab records under its own name: our strict matching for Papaya excluded 209 results labelled "Papaya Cake".4 Wedding Cake has its own guide in the Official Cannabis network at weddingcakestrain.com.

Which is easier to find

On Oct 4, 2026, 63 stores within 50 miles of Los Angeles listed Papaya flower on Weedmaps, against 207 stores for Wedding Cake; around New York the counts were 11 and 56.8 Papaya’s counts include items named Papaya Kush and may include a few products of uncertain identity (see where to find it).8

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Sources

  1. Leafly, Papaya Cake strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  2. Leafly, Wedding Cake strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  3. Leafly, Papaya strain information. 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, Papaya (aka Papaya Kush) strain page. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  8. 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.