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The Official Cannabis collection · sheet 66No 66 · Papaya Punchvs Guava

Comparison

Papaya Punch vs Guava

Guava and Papaya Punch share a tropical-fruit name and a limonene-led terpene listing on Leafly, but no family: Guava is a sativa-leaning Gelato phenotype from the Cookies Fam that Leafly users call talkative, focused and energetic.1,2 Guava tests higher in state labs: 23.52% median THC across 92 tests, against 19.00% for Papaya Punch from only 92 tests, a small sample.3

Side by side

Papaya PunchGuava
TypeHybrid; 60% indica per AllBud2,4Sativa-leaning hybrid1
LineagePapaya × Purple Punch2,5A Gelato phenotype (Cookies Fam)1
Median THC (state lab tests)19.00% (92 tests); small sample23.52% (92 tests); small sample
Middle half of THC results15.30%–24.73%21.32%–25.73%
Top terpenes (median)Limonene, β-Caryophyllene, β-Myrcene (44 tests)β-Caryophyllene, Limonene, α-Humulene (20 tests)
Terpenes listed by LeaflyLimonene, linalool, caryophyllene2Limonene, caryophyllene, linalool1
Leafly’s top effectsSleepy, giggly, relaxed2Talkative, focused, energetic1
FlavorTree fruit, tropical, citrus2Apricot, tree fruit, tropical1

Lab rows come from the same state lab dataset and matching rules for both strains.3

Lab-tested THC: Papaya Punch vs Guava

16% 20% 24% Guava Guava: median 23.52%, middle half 21.32%–25.73%, 92 tests 23.5% n=92 Papaya Punch Papaya Punch: median 19.00%, middle half 15.30%–24.73%, 92 tests 19.0% n=92 Median total THC (dot) and middle half of tests (bar)
Median and middle half of total THC in state lab tests. Small sample: Papaya Punch has only 92 tests; Guava has only 92 tests.3

Reading the lab gap

Guava’s lab figures lean on one source: one lab supplied 21.3% of its 92 tests, and Michigan supplied 64 of them, while Papaya Punch’s only 92 tests come from 15 labs in 6 states.3 Guava has its own guide in the Official Cannabis network at guavastrain.com.

Which is easier to find

On Oct 4, 2026, 9 stores within 50 miles of Los Angeles listed Papaya Punch flower on Weedmaps, against 78 stores for Guava; around Detroit the counts were 11 and 53.6

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Sources

  1. Leafly, Guava strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  2. Leafly, Papaya Punch strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  3. Cannlytics (CC BY 4.0), cannabis_results: public state lab results (filtered and aggregated by Official Cannabis). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  4. AllBud, Papaya Punch marijuana strain information and reviews. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  5. SeedFinder, Papaya Punch (Oni Seed Co): strain info. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  6. 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.