This is a plant of zamal. And the réunion island !!! ''The Zamal shares a genetic heritage with Indian and African cannabis. It is likely that the first seeds to be introduced to the island came from Tanzania. African slaves arrived in the 16th century, especially from the slave-trading Tanzanian ports. Another likely source is Mozambique. Later, in the 19th century, many Tamils came to work on the island, introducing cannabis genetics from South India. The name zamal derives from “zamalaâ€, the malagasy word for marijuana. The various local strains or phenotypes are distinguished by qualities known as mango-carrot, citrus, earthy, pepper, and so on.Cannabis use has a long tradition on La Réunion. Slaves used zamal during spiritual ceremonies or for personal use. Subsequently, traditional and sometimes festive uses became widespread, such as during celebrations marking the end of harvests. Zamal was valued by the 'gramouns', or the elderly, who used cannabis for it’s therapeutic values, or to smoke it at social meetings. Although this practice has declined since the 1960’s, with mainly younger people using cannabis, it is still alive today among some gramouns. During the chikungunya epidemic (viral infection transmitted by the tiger mosquito) that hit Réunion Island in 2006, several reports state that many Reunionese used an infusion of the cannabis leaves of zamal and other herbs as a remedy against the joint pain, fever, nausea and headaches accompanying the infection. A retrospective survey in 2007 confirmed that 40% of the islands hospital staff used herbal remedies against the disease. Three major plant species were reported: Morinda citrifolia (neem, noni), Cannabis sativa (zamal) and Eugenia uniflora (pitanga), along with numerous others. (Source: Retrospective survey of Chikungunya disease in Réunion Island hospital staff; F.Staikowsky; Epidemiol Infect. 2008 February; 136(2): 196–206.) Zamal not only grows throughout the year, but one plant can thrive for many years on the island allowing repeated harvests. It is said that some 'ancient' plants reach a height of 20 meters. Most cultivations are found inland in the cirques of Mafate, Salazie or Cilaos, areas often inaccessible otherwise than on foot. A mature plant averages at 2.5-3 meters, it develops a massive tree-like girth and can yield several kilos of bud. In the past the buds were harvested after at least 2-3 years, at 'real' maturity, but nowadays commercialization has set in and nobody wants to wait that long. The zamal is a very vigorous and resistant strain – features that certainly helped it to survive on a tropical island that is battered by hurricanes. '' It's a good resum from the net .

the island of the Réunion have an very old cannabis sativa variety Zamal. This variety have an incridible flavor of mango and carots but it's impossible to grow it indoor because his flowering time is very very long more than five month and the result is not very good. This variety was never crossed with the other genetics to try to reduce the time of flowering and to preserve the very interesting qualities of its genetics. One of the characteristic of this variety would be to have the gene of regeneration which allows her to flowering some year in the continuation if this one is not harvested, I think that it is the only variety in the world possessed this peculiarity. I think it's possible to see two or tree years plant on the island an it was intresting to observate how this plant can regenerate herself and what is the real maturity of this plants. I'm so sorry for my english . Clement a french grower.