Sativa Terpene Chart With Percentages | Pop's Cannabis

Sativa terpene chart with percentages

A terpene chart lists each compound as a percent of dry flower weight. Most cannabis flower tests between 0.5% and 3.5% total terpenes. The ranges below come from published GC-MS flower analysis. Ranges are wide because cultivar, grow conditions, and lab method change the result.

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Percent ranges by terpene

• Terpinolene: 0.05% to 1.5%. Highest in lots sold as sativa, such as Jack Herer and Dutch Treat.
• Myrcene: 0.1% to 2.0%. The most abundant monoterpene in cannabis flower.
• Limonene: 0.05% to 0.8%. Citrus scent.
• Alpha-pinene: 0.05% to 0.6%. Pine scent. Beta-pinene sits lower, 0.02% to 0.2%.
• Beta-caryophyllene: 0.1% to 0.9%. A sesquiterpene. It binds CB2 receptors.
• Ocimene: 0.05% to 0.5%.
• Linalool: 0.02% to 0.3%.
• Humulene: 0.05% to 0.3%.

How to read the numbers

Percent converts to milligrams per gram. Multiply the percent by 10. A label that reads 1.2% terpinolene equals 12 mg of terpinolene in 1 g of flower. A total under 0.5% is low. A total of 1% to 2% is common. A total above 3% is high and less common.

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The sativa label is not a chemical category

Botanists place drug-type cannabis in one species, Cannabis sativa L. Retail sativa and indica tags come from grower history and plant shape, not from chemistry. Tests of commercial flower found no consistent link between the label and the terpene profile. Terpinolene and pinene appear more often in sativa-labeled lots. Many sativa lots still test myrcene-dominant.

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Lab variance

Labs use GC-FID or GC-MS, different sample prep, and different drying steps. Monoterpenes evaporate during drying and storage. Two labs can report different totals for the same batch. Treat any published chart as a range, not a fixed value.