indian hemp n source of e.g. bhang and hashish as well as fiber n valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation n Canadian dogbane yielding a tough fiber used as cordage by Native Americans; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints Synonym(s) Indian hemp Cannabis indica kenaf kanaf deccan hemp bimli bimli hemp Bombay hemp Hibiscus cannabinus rheumatism weed Apocynum cannabinum