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| BRAK BUSH A shrub whose leaves have a purgative effect when chewed. these brances are nailed to home doors during the "Waiting Hand" to discourage the engry of bad luck into the house for the New Year. CARPET PLANT A plant of the rainforest area inland of Schendi having tendrils that can be used to tie things. CACAO TREE From the Cacao tree come the beans for making chocolate. Coming originally from Earth, now growing in the tripics of Gor. DINA A small short stemmed flower indigenous to the hillsides; sometimes called "the slave flower" it is often used as a design for slave brands; sometimes used as a slave name. FAN PALM Found in the jungles of Schendi, they are more than 20 feet high and spread their leaves in the form of an opened fan. FLADAH A tree of the Tahari having lancelet leaves and narrow branches, the trunk leans like that of a palm tree. FLANINIUM A large scarlet flower having five petals. KANDA A plant which grows in the desert regions of Gor. It's roots are extremely toxic, even poisonous. The leaves can be rolled and formed into strings which are chewed or sucked to produce a stimulant effect. LEECH PLANT A living rooted plant with bladder-like seed pods. LIANA VINE A rainforest plant which can be used as a source of drinking water. NEEDLE TREE An evergreen tree of the Thentis region whose oil is used in perfumes. PALM TREE More than 1500 varieties of palm trees exist in the rainforest RENCE A tufted reed-like plant that grows in the marshes; it has long thick roots about four inches thick which lie under the surface of the water with smaller roots that sink down into the mud, stems 15-16 feet long with a single floral spike. REP A whitish fibrous matter found in the seed pods of a small reddish woody bush. Used to make rep cloth KES SHRUB A shrub whose salty blue secondary roots are a main ingredient in sullage, a Gorean soup. SIM PLANT A rambling, tangled vine-like plant with huge rolling leaves raised in the pasture chambers of the Nest. SIP ROOT A bitter root whose extract is the active ingredient in slave wine. TALENDAR Delicate and yellow petaled, a fragrant meadow flower' when worn in a slave girls hair, it is a symbol of deep submission and emotional attachment to her Owner. It can also be worn as a sybmol of love by Free Women. TELEKINT A plant of the Tahari, it's roots mashed and mixed with water provide a red dye. TESLIK A plant whose extract is the active ingredient in breeding wine. TOR SHRUB Translated as the "Bright Shrub" or the "Shrub of light" because of it's abundant bright flowers either yellow or white depending on the variety. It flowers in the fall. TREE/FLOWER Found in Turia, it has lovely dangling loops of interwoven blossoms which hang form curved branches. In Pleasure Gardens, the trees are cultivated so that the clustered flowers emerge in subtle delicate patterns, shades and hues. TREE/HOGARTHE A tree of the barrens named for one of the early explorers of the area. The tend to grow on the banks of small streams or muddy sluggish rivers. TREE/KA-LA-NA A tree with very strong yellow wood used for making bows; the fruit of the Ka-la-na tree is used to make Ka-la-na wine. TREE/TEMWOOD A supple black tree found in the groves of Turia. TREE/TUR A reddish and large trunked tree found in Turia. VEMINIUM/DESERT A small purplish flower found in the Tahari; used to make perfumed oil. VEMINIUM/THENTIS A bluish wildflower, commonly found on the lower ranges of the Thentis Mountains; used in perfumes. VERR GRASS A brownish grass that grows, stubbornly, in the shaded spots of the Tahari. |
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