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Lab data

Papaya Punch potency: THC, CBD and terpenes from 92 lab tests

In only 92 state lab tests, a small sample, Papaya Punch flower had a median total THC of 19.00%, with the middle half of results between 15.30% and 24.73%.1 CBD is negligible, and limonene leads the terpene profile in the 44 tests that report terpenes, as it does on Leafly.1,2

Small sample: only 92 matched tests. Treat the figures on this page as indicative, not definitive.1

19.00%median total THC (small sample)
15.30%–24.73%middle half
13.23%–26.80%middle 80%
23.9%of tests at 25% THC or more
92tests · 15 labs

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

THC distribution

Total THC across 92 tests

0 10 2–3% THC: 0 tests 3–4% THC: 0 tests 4–5% THC: 0 tests 5–6% THC: 0 tests 6–7% THC: 0 tests 7–8% THC: 0 tests 8–9% THC: 1 tests 9–10% THC: 0 tests 10–11% THC: 3 tests 11–12% THC: 0 tests 12–13% THC: 5 tests 13–14% THC: 6 tests 14–15% THC: 5 tests 15–16% THC: 7 tests 16–17% THC: 5 tests 17–18% THC: 7 tests 18–19% THC: 6 tests 19–20% THC: 10 tests 20–21% THC: 3 tests 21–22% THC: 4 tests 22–23% THC: 2 tests 23–24% THC: 2 tests 24–25% THC: 4 tests 25–26% THC: 9 tests 26–27% THC: 4 tests 27–28% THC: 2 tests 28–29% THC: 3 tests 29–30% THC: 2 tests 30–31% THC: 1 tests 31–32% THC: 1 tests 32–33% THC: 0 tests 33–34% THC: 0 tests 34–35% THC: 0 tests 35–36% THC: 0 tests 4%8%12%16%20%24%28%32%36% median 19.00% Total THC, % by weight
One-point THC bands; shaded: middle half of results. 92 flower tests, 2018-09-05 to 2024-08-15.1

THC by year

Median total THC by year of testing

14% 16% 18% 20% 2022: 18.40% (29 tests) 18.4 2022 n=29 2023: 16.11% (24 tests) 16.1 2023 n=24
Median total THC per year of testing; years with fewer than 20 tests are left out (2018: 2, 2020: 7, 2021: 17, 2024: 6).1

THC by state

StateTestsMedian THC
Nevada3119.83%
Michigan2517.33%
California1325.89%
Hawaii1112.34%
Washington1019.50%

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

Terpene profile

Papaya Punch terpenes, median % by weight

Limonene Limonene: 0.37% (n=44) 0.37% n=44 β-Caryophyllene β-Caryophyllene: 0.25% (n=44) 0.25% n=44 β-Myrcene β-Myrcene: 0.24% (n=44) 0.24% n=44 Linalool Linalool: 0.14% (n=44) 0.14% n=44 α-Humulene α-Humulene: 0.08% (n=44) 0.08% n=44 β-Pinene β-Pinene: 0.05% (n=44) 0.05% n=44 α-Pinene α-Pinene: 0.03% (n=44) 0.03% n=44
Median share of each terpene by weight, from 44 tests that report individual terpenes. Median total terpenes: 1.49% (44 tests). Terpinolene and Ocimene had a median of zero: at least half of tests reported none. Small sample: treat this profile as indicative.1

How Papaya Punch compares

Lab-tested THC across 17 well-known strains

16% 20% 24% 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 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 Papaya Punch Papaya Punch: median 19.00%, middle half 15.30%–24.73%, 92 tests 19.0% n=92 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 higher figures than our median: Leafly lists 23% THC and AllBud 20–29%.2,3 The Oni Seed Co description on SeedFinder gives 20–22% THC, a seed retailer’s Oni Seed Co listing says it averages over 20%, and Crop King and Rocket Seeds list 16.67–20.67% for their feminized version.4,5,6,7 One dated measurement: the batch the Oklahoma Gazette reviewed in July 2019 tested at 18.5% THC, according to its lab report.8

In our small lab sample, half of Papaya Punch flower tested below 19.00% and 90% below 26.80%; 23.9% reached 25% or more, and the highest result was 31.41%.1 State medians ran from 12.34% in Hawaii (11 tests) to 25.89% in California (13), so where a batch was grown and tested matters as much as the name.1

Crop King and Rocket Seeds also list 0.68–0.85% CBD, above every result in our data: the highest of 65 tests that reported CBD was 0.10%.1,6,7 Leafly and the SeedFinder entry list CBG at 1% and 1–2%; our lab figures do not include CBG.1,2,4

Download the data

The 92 matched tests behind this page, one row per test: state, test date, lab, product name, product type, total THC, total CBD and terpenes.

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 thin. Nevada (31), Michigan (25), California (13), Hawaii (11), Washington (10), Maryland (2) supply all 92 tests, which date from 2018 to 2024; 7 carry no test date. Oregon and Rhode Island results carry no product names and could not be matched.
  • Medians differ sharply by state, from 12.34% in Hawaii (11 tests) to 25.89% in California (13). The Hawaii results all date from 2023–2024, so the yearly medians on this page reflect a changing mix of states as much as any trend. Hawaii reports no total THC, so its values are computed from Δ9-THC and THCA; its tests dated December 2020 to August 2023 carry no THC values and cannot be used.
  • Some labs report higher THC than others, so we publish medians and middle ranges rather than maxima. No single lab accounts for more than 16.0% of the tests with a recorded lab (15 labs in total); 11 tests, all from Hawaii, have no lab recorded.
  • Terpene medians come from 44 tests with individual terpene values, from Nevada (31) and California (13); Maryland reports only total terpenes, and Washington, Michigan and Hawaii report none. We matched names strictly: 15 Washington flower results with only a generic product name were left out, near-miss names and crosses are excluded and counted, 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 Punch strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  3. AllBud, Papaya Punch marijuana strain information and reviews. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  4. SeedFinder, Papaya Punch (Oni Seed Co): strain info. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  5. Marijuana Grow Shop, Papaya Punch cannabis seeds (Oni Seed Co). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  6. Crop King Seeds, Papaya Punch strain feminized marijuana seeds. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  7. Rocket Seeds, Papaya Punch strain feminized marijuana seeds. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  8. Oklahoma Gazette, Flower review: Papaya Punch (Gazette staff) (2019-07-24). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.