Hemp seeds are plant seeds, generally refers to the seeds of marijuana, in most parts of our country are cultivated, the size of mung beans in general, the flavor is very fragrant, but can not be eaten more.

It is also an oil crop, the size of sorghum grain (smaller than mung beans), the shell is gray, after shelling is the Chinese medicine hemp kernel, some local vendors picking quartets to sell fried hemp seeds for people to eat idly, taste like sunflower seeds.

Hemp seed cultivation history

In our country, the discovery of the earlier physical remains of marijuana, Gansu Province, Dongxiang County, Linjia site unearthed marijuana seeds, belonging to the Majiayao culture. This indicates that the cultivation of marijuana has a history of at least nearly 5,000 years.

Marijuana dioecious plants, male plants only flowers do not bear seeds, is called "flower hemp", female plants bear seeds, the seeds are we want to talk about the "hemp seed", the people also called it "small hemp seed ", is relative to the castor seed, because the people call castor seed "hemp seed".