the Andropogon calamus, a plant extensively cultivated in India, from which an oil, deemed to be the famous spikenard of antiquity, is extracted. According to Boissier (Flora Orientalis), "kaneh" was the common marsh reed, Arundo donax L. Some biblical scholars and botanists believe that the qaneh is probably sugarcane. Works Konopie w wierzeniach i zwyczajach ludowych (1936) Song, Dance, and Customs of Peasant Poland (1951) Festive recipes and festival menus (1957) Riddles of many lands Carl Withers, Sula Benet (1956) Early Diffusion and Folk Uses of Hemp (1967) Abkhasians: the long-living people of the Caucasus (1974) How to live to be 100: the life-style of the people of the Caucasus (1976) References External links Sula Benet's papers in the New York University archives. Further reading Booth, M. (2003). Cannabis: A History. Doubleday. . Polish anthropologists Polish women anthropologists Cannabis researchers 1903 births 1982 deaths University of Warsaw alumni Columbia University alumni Cannabis and Judaism Polish women academics Polish biblical scholars 20th-century anthropologists