Cannabidiolic acid (CBDA), is a cannabinoid produced in cannabis plants.

[1] It is the precursor to cannabidiol (CBD).

It is most abundant in the glandular trichomes on the female seedless flowers or more accurately infructescence often colloquially referred to as buds or flowers.

[3] CBDA is the chemical precursor to cannabidiol (CBD).

Through the process of decarboxylation cannabidiol is derived through a loss of one carbon and two oxygen atoms acetyl from the 1 position of the benzoic acid ring.