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Comparison

Durban Poison vs Pineapple Express

Pineapple Express is a sativa-dominant Trainwreck × Hawaiian hybrid that became famous through the 2008 film of the same name; Durban Poison is a pure South African sativa. Leafly files both under its best strains for feeling energetic.1,2,3 In state lab tests the two land close together: 19.45% median THC for Durban Poison and 19.80% for Pineapple Express.4 In our terpene data, Durban Poison leads with terpinolene and Pineapple Express with β-caryophyllene.4

Side by side

Durban PoisonPineapple Express
TypePure sativa2Sativa-dominant hybrid1
LineageA selected line of a South African landrace5,6Trainwreck × Hawaiian1
Median THC (state lab tests)19.45% (528 tests)19.80% (461 tests)
Middle half of THC results17.33%–21.99%17.54%–21.75%
Top terpenes (median)Terpinolene, β-Myrcene, β-Caryophyllene (235 tests)β-Caryophyllene, α-Humulene, β-Myrcene (125 tests)
Leafly’s top effectsFocused, energetic, uplifted2Happy, giggly, energetic1
Flavor (Leafly)Pine, earthy, sage2Pineapple, tropical, citrus1
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Lab rows come from the same state lab dataset and matching rules for both strains.4

Lab-tested THC: Durban Poison vs Pineapple Express

16% 18% 20% 22% Pineapple Express Pineapple Express: median 19.80%, middle half 17.54%–21.75%, 461 tests 19.8% n=461 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

Which is easier to find

On Oct 4, 2026, 174 stores within 50 miles of Los Angeles listed Durban Poison flower on Weedmaps, against 139 stores for Pineapple Express; around New York the counts were 79 and 76.8

Its own site

Pineapple Express has its own guide in the Official Cannabis network at pineappleexpressstrain.com.

More comparisons

Sources

  1. Leafly, Pineapple Express 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. Leafly, The best-selling weed strains of 2025 (2026-02-02). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  8. Weedmaps listings, compiled by Official Cannabis, Weedmaps flower menu snapshot, 27 US markets, Oct 4, 2026. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.