Mac Monkey, or Blue Monkey (Cannabis flos COSMA): lineage from Gorilla Glue #4

• Who supplies it. Only Cosma, so there is nothing to compare versions with, and a supply break means no availability of this strain, not another version of it.
• Profile. Limonene leads, alongside bisabolol, humulene, caryophyllene, linalool, myrcene, pinene, terpinolene. We do not provide percentage shares because sources count them against different totals.
• Origin. The lineage is established, with parents being Gorilla Glue #4 and Black Blueberry.
• What is missing. The profile describes one source, so there is nothing to compare it with.

What is Mac Monkey, also sold as Blue Monkey, and where does it come from?

It is a hybrid from Exotic Seed, created by crossing Gorilla Glue #4 with Black Blueberry, present in Polish pharmacies as a product from Cosma. The same registration position appears in two databases under two trade names, Mac Monkey and Blue Monkey, and these are not two different raw materials.

The lineage is established here, not recreated from the sound of the name. The parent arrangement is provided by the genealogical database maintained by the seed breeder, and the same record is repeated in the Polish discussion of the strain from February 2025. Among twenty-five strains from this listing, the origin remains undetermined because the breeder has never disclosed it or available entries contradict each other, so a position with confirmed both parents is rather an exception than the norm here.

Genetic classification is not consistent in the sources: one database describes this position as a hybrid, the other as a hybrid with indica dominance. The difference concerns the descriptive label, not the manufacturer’s declaration, and does not translate into anything the patient will see on the packaging. It bears the registered name Cannabis flos COSMA, and the breeding name serves only to identify the position in lists maintained outside the pharmacy.

The current state of supplies is tracked separately in the listing of strains available in Polish pharmacies, as the list of positions changes faster than the description of the plant itself.

Which producer supplies this strain to Polish pharmacies?

One. Mac Monkey reaches Polish pharmacies exclusively as Cosma’s product, and in our listing, it corresponds to one assortment position. A strain supplied concurrently by several producers can be compared between batches; here such a comparison cannot be made because the material comes from one supply chain.

One source of supply means that a break at this producer is a break in the availability of the entire name. For strains ordered from several suppliers, a version with a similar declaration may occur, entered on the prescription as a backup variant; for this position, there is no such backup because there is simply no second producer.

The list of positions is not fixed and cannot be. Import permits expire, wholesalers change orders, and pharmacies purchase batches at uneven rates, causing every calculation to become outdated within a few weeks. For this reason, we keep the current list exclusively in the cluster hub, and here we describe the position itself. Other strains from the same producer have been gathered in a separate text about Cosma. Outside the pharmacy, the service maintains a dry herb category, which does not include raw materials dispensed by prescription.

What does Mac Monkey smell and taste like?

• bisabolol bisabolol
• humulen humulene
• kariofilen caryophyllene
• limonen limonene (leading in the pharmacy profile)
• linalol linalool
• mircen myrcene
• pinen pinene
• terpinolen terpinolene

Descriptions converge on a citrus note with a peppery background, further mentioning pine resin and earthiness. They come from one source describing this position, so we treat them as a catalog characteristic, not as a result of sensory testing conducted on a specific batch of dry herb by an independent laboratory.

The terpene profile recorded for this position includes bisabolol, humulene, caryophyllene, limonene, linalool, myrcene, pinene, and terpinolene. Limonene is considered the leading compound, the same compound responsible for the scent of citrus peel; what has been shown for it and what has not, we outline separately. Caryophyllene from the same list is often associated with peppery sharpness, while pinene with a resinous background.

We do not provide percentage shares for these names, and this is not editorial caution. Databases publishing such numbers for the same positions sum them to values that do not add up to one hundred: measured sums from three listings were forty-six, seventy-three, and eighty-three percent. The denominator is therefore different or unknown in each source, and a number without a denominator in a text about a drug looks like a measurement, which it is not.

The scent also changes over time and depends on storage: some volatile compounds evaporate from an open package faster than others, so the same dry herb smells different after a few weeks than on the day of release. The description of the aroma is the least durable information on this entire page.

How long does it take to take effect and how long does it last?

This depends on the method of administration, not the name on the prescription. The producer does not publish the measurement of the duration of effect for this position, so below is a typical course for cannabis dry herb, distinguishing between vaporization and ingestion. The numbers refer to the method of administration, not the Mac Monkey strain.

The method of administration determines the course more than the strain itself, and the ranges below describe it, not the cultivar, as pharmacokinetic studies for a single cultivar have not been published.

When comparing reports from different places, this has practical significance: the description of the same strain after vaporization and after eating refers to two different courses over time, so comparing them without stating the method of administration says little about the raw material itself.

What is known and what is not known about the effects of this strain?

There are no studies on the strain itself. What can be said concerns limonene, the terpene indicated in its profile as leading, and comes from studies on rodents. The rest of the descriptions circulating around this name are catalog material or patient reports, which no one has collected in a controlled manner.

Both studies discuss an isolated compound administered to animals, most often intraperitoneally, and not inhaled dry herb by humans. Transferring their conclusions to patient experiences would be an abuse, so we draw the line directly.

No anxiolytic effect of limonene has been demonstrated in humans. It has also not been shown that isolated limonene has anxiolytic effects in animals; the only available data from the elevated plus maze test showed in mice the opposite effect, reducing the number of entries into the open arms even at a low dose.

What side effects have been reported for this strain?

None attributed to this name. The reporting system links an event with a medicinal product and a batch number, not with the cultivar, so there is no separate listing for Mac Monkey, and under this counting method, it will not be created. Below is what is known about cannabis dry herb as a group of raw materials.

Reports of side effects are collected for the medicinal product with a batch number, not for the strain name, so the following pertains to cannabis dry herb as a group of raw materials. The most commonly reported are dry mouth, red eyes, and increased heart rate. Less frequently described are dizziness upon rapid standing, daytime drowsiness, and temporary worsening of short-term memory, as well as anxiety increasing with dosage. A separate issue is medications taken concurrently, especially sedatives and those affecting coagulation: their assessment requires knowledge of the entire list of preparations, not just the description of the plant. We do not provide the frequency of these symptoms numerically because public listings for cannabis dry herb in Poland do not separate them by individual products.

For readers of descriptions of this strain online, the conclusion is one: the statement of good tolerance for Mac Monkey is not based on any event registry, but on the fact that no one counts events under this name. The absence of reports and the absence of effects are two different things.

At what temperature is dry herb with such a profile vaporized?

There is no target point for this strain because the boiling points of the terpenes in its profile vary by over one hundred degrees. Limonene boils at about 178 °C, pinene significantly lower, caryophyllene much higher, so a single vaporizer setting will never capture the entire recorded composition.

Setting the vaporizer is not the temperature of the dry herb. The heater shows its own reading, the material in the chamber may be cooler, and the difference increases with short, strong inhales. How far these two numbers can diverge is described in a separate text about setting and temperature of the raw material.

The boiling temperature itself is also not the evaporation threshold. A compound also transitions to vapor below this point, just more slowly, so the threshold table does not indicate what will actually be in the vapor. Separately, we explain why available online temperature tables provide different numbers for the same position, and what evaporation of a terpene from dry herb actually means.

For this strain, the conclusion is narrow. The recorded profile stretches from pinene to caryophyllene, two of its components have no comparable measurement, and the lowest threshold in the table only indicates that part of the aroma escapes first.

Which strains from Polish pharmacies are related to it?

One: Zookies. The common parent is Gorilla Glue #4, and the second parent of this strain, Black Blueberry, has no other offspring in Polish pharmacies. Zookies is supplied by Medalchemy, so the kinship concerns only genetics and says nothing about batch similarity or cultivation method.

The second parent of Zookies is Animal Cookies, so both strains share only half of the genealogical record. The profile of this position is outlined in a separate text about the strain Zookies.

A short list of siblings is not a gap in the data. A parent can be the entire family style, not a single recognized plant, and then a common record does not relate anyone to anyone. It also happens that two databases name the same parental line differently, causing the number of relatives to change along with the agreement on names, not with genetics.

The common part of the trade name does not determine anything in either direction. Therefore, we take siblings solely from the record of parents, not from name similarity or the fact that two positions come from the same producer.

Frequently Asked Questions about the Mac Monkey strain

Are Mac Monkey and Blue Monkey the same strain?

Yes. These are two trade names for the same registered position supplied by Cosma: one database lists it under the first name, the other under the second, and the genetic and producer records are the same in both.

What THC content does the source provide for this strain?

Considering a ten percent deviation from the declared value, the range is 18.9-23.1%. A single number from the commercial description would suggest precision, which the measurement of the batch does not have, so we provide a range.

Does the terpene profile of this strain confirm more than one source?

No. The composition is described by one source, and the other of the services we compared does not provide any terpene list for this position. Therefore, we treat the profile as an indication, not as a result of independently repeated analysis.

Does limonene have anxiolytic effects?

This has not been demonstrated. In the only available behavioral test, isolated limonene produced an opposite effect to calming in mice, and in humans, such effects have not been studied in a way that allows for a conclusion.

Can this strain be purchased without a prescription?

No. The dry herb used in treatment is a pharmaceutical raw material dispensed by a doctor’s prescription in the Rpw category, and cannabis products from retail sales belong to a completely different category of goods.

Which strains from Polish pharmacies are related to Mac Monkey?

One, Zookies, through the common parent Gorilla Glue #4. The second parent, Black Blueberry, has no other offspring among the strains from this listing, so the sibling list ends with one position.

Cannabis dry herb is a pharmaceutical raw material dispensed by a doctor’s prescription in the Rpw category. The material is informational in nature and does not replace medical consultation.

The editorial text was prepared by the editorial team of ubucha.pl.