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Comparison

Durban Poison vs Green Crack

Leafly lists both as sativas and both among its best strains for feeling energetic; Green Crack is a Skunk #1 cross that tastes of citrus and mango, Durban Poison a South African sativa that tastes of pine and earth.1,2,3 In state lab tests the two land close together: 19.45% median THC for Durban Poison and 19.52% for Green Crack.4 In our terpene data, Durban Poison leads with terpinolene and Green Crack with β-myrcene.4

Side by side

Durban PoisonGreen Crack
TypePure sativa2Sativa1
LineageA selected line of a South African landrace5,6Skunk #1 × an unknown indica1
Median THC (state lab tests)19.45% (528 tests)19.52% (1,236 tests)
Middle half of THC results17.33%–21.99%16.79%–21.73%
Top terpenes (median)Terpinolene, β-Myrcene, β-Caryophyllene (235 tests)β-Myrcene, β-Caryophyllene, α-Humulene (167 tests)
Leafly’s top effectsFocused, energetic, uplifted2Energetic, focused, talkative1
Flavor (Leafly)Pine, earthy, sage2Citrus, mango, earthy1
Flowering (Leafly)7–9 weeks27–9 weeks1

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

Lab-tested THC: Durban Poison vs Green Crack

16% 18% 20% 22% 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 Median total THC (dot) and middle half of tests (bar)
Median and middle half of total THC in state lab tests.4

The terpene that separates them

Terpinolene is the clearest difference: Durban Poison’s median is 0.93% across 235 tests, while at least half of the 167 Green Crack tests with individual terpene values reported none.4

Which is easier to find

In Weedmaps snapshots from Oct 4, 2026 (Durban Poison) and Oct 3, 2026 (Green Crack), 174 stores within 50 miles of Los Angeles listed Durban Poison flower on Weedmaps, against 88 stores for Green Crack; around New York the counts were 79 and 56.7

Its own site

Green Crack has its own guide in the Official Cannabis network at greencrack.com.

More comparisons

Sources

  1. Leafly, Green Crack strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  2. Leafly, Durban Poison strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  3. Leafly, Leafly’s 100 best weed strains of all time (2026-07-14). 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, Durban Poison marijuana strain information and reviews. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  6. Weedmaps, Durban Poison strain page. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  7. Weedmaps listings, compiled by Official Cannabis, Weedmaps flower menu snapshot, 27 US markets, Oct 4, 2026. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.