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Comparison

Trainwreck vs Durban Poison

Durban Poison is described by Leafly as a pure sativa from Durban, South Africa, while Trainwreck is a hybrid with only broadly attributed Northern California origins.1,2,3 Both are terpinolene-led in this lab dataset; their medians are 18.65% and 19.45%.4

Side by side

TrainwreckDurban Poison
TypeHybrid2Pure sativa1
Lineage / originMexican and Thai sativas × Afghani indica2,3,5South African landrace; Durban1
Median THC (state lab tests)18.65% (248 tests)419.45% (528 tests)4
Middle half of THC results16.67%–21.42%417.33%–21.99%4
Top terpenes (median)Terpinolene, β-Caryophyllene, β-Myrcene (139 tests)4Terpinolene, β-Myrcene, β-Caryophyllene (235 tests)4
Leafly top effectsEuphoric, uplifted, creative (Leafly reports)2Focused, energetic, uplifted1
Flavor (Leafly)Pine, earthy, woody (Leafly lists)2Pine, earthy, sage1
FloweringAbout 8 weeks indoors (Leafly); 8–10 weeks (Weedmaps)2,37–9 weeks1

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

Lab-tested THC: Trainwreck vs Durban Poison

16% 18% 20% 22% Durban Poison Durban Poison: median 19.45%, middle half 17.33%–21.99%, 528 tests 19.4% n=528 Trainwreck Trainwreck: median 18.65%, middle half 16.67%–21.42%, 248 tests 18.6% n=248 Median total THC (dot) and middle half of tests (bar)
Median and middle half of total THC in state lab tests.4

Different kinds of origin account

Leafly gives Durban Poison a named place of origin, the South African port city of Durban.1 Trainwreck’s Arcata/Humboldt accounts are explicitly competing folklore stories, so the evidence supports different levels of certainty.2,3 Durban Poison has its own Official Cannabis guide at durbanpoisonstrain.com.1

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Sources

  1. Leafly, Durban Poison strain. Accessed Oct 5, 2026.
  2. Leafly, Trainwreck strain. Accessed Oct 5, 2026.
  3. Weedmaps, Trainwreck strain page. Accessed Oct 5, 2026.
  4. Cannlytics (CC BY 4.0), cannabis_results: public state lab results (filtered and aggregated by Official Cannabis). Accessed Oct 5, 2026.
  5. AllBud, Trainwreck Marijuana Strain. Accessed Oct 5, 2026.