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Comparison

Tropicana Cherry vs Black Cherry Gelato

Black Cherry Gelato is Acai Berry Gelato × Black Cherry Funk from an unknown breeder, and Leafly rates it more calming than energizing, the opposite of Tropicana Cherry.1,2 It tests higher in state labs: 23.98% median THC against 17.98% for Tropicana Cherry.3

Side by side

Tropicana CherryBlack Cherry Gelato
TypeSativa-leaning hybrid; 60% sativa per Relentless Genetics and AllBud4,5Hybrid, “more calming than energizing” per Leafly1
LineageTropicana Cookies × Cherry Cookies F3, Relentless Genetics2,4Acai Berry Gelato × Black Cherry Funk; breeder unknown1
Median THC (state lab tests)17.98% (265 tests)23.98% (102 tests)
Middle half of THC results15.63%–20.08%21.13%–25.18%
Top terpenes (median)β-Caryophyllene, Limonene, α-Humulene (61 tests)Limonene, Linalool, β-Caryophyllene (78 tests)
Leafly’s top effectsFocused, uplifted, energetic2Aroused, hungry, relaxed1
FlavorTree fruit, tropical, berry2Apricot, pear, berry1
Leafly THC listing25%222%1

Lab rows come from the same state lab dataset and matching rules for both strains.3

Lab-tested THC: Tropicana Cherry vs Black Cherry Gelato

16% 20% 24% Black Cherry Gelato Black Cherry Gelato: median 23.98%, middle half 21.13%–25.18%, 102 tests 24.0% n=102 Tropicana Cherry Tropicana Cherry: median 17.98%, middle half 15.63%–20.08%, 265 tests 18.0% n=265 Median total THC (dot) and middle half of tests (bar)
Median and middle half of total THC in state lab tests.3

The cherry aisle

The two share no parent: Black Cherry Gelato’s are Acai Berry Gelato and Black Cherry Funk, Tropicana Cherry’s Tropicana Cookies and Cherry Cookies.1,4 Black Cherry Gelato has its own guide in the Official Cannabis network at blackcherrygelato.com, and Cherry Gelato, another separate strain, is covered at cherrygelato.com.

Which is easier to find

On Oct 4, 2026, 104 stores within 50 miles of Los Angeles listed Tropicana Cherry flower on Weedmaps, against 44 stores for Black Cherry Gelato; around New York the counts were 52 and 24.6

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Sources

  1. Leafly, Black Cherry Gelato strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  2. Leafly, Trop Cherry (aka Tropicana Cherry, Cherry Trop, Tropicanna Cherry) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  3. Cannlytics (CC BY 4.0), cannabis_results: public state lab results (filtered and aggregated by Official Cannabis). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  4. Relentless Genetics, Tropicana Cherry. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  5. AllBud, Tropicana Cherry marijuana strain information and reviews. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  6. Weedmaps listings, compiled by Official Cannabis, Weedmaps flower menu snapshot, 27 US markets, Oct 4, 2026. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.