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| ~Brak Bush~ Traditionally, branches of the Brak Bush were nailed to the doors of people's homes during the Waiting Hand. It was thought that the leaves of the Brak Bush would discourage the entry of bad luck into the house for the New Year. The leaves of this plant can also be chewed. "Almost all doors, including that of the House of Cernus, had nailed to them some branches of the Brak Bush, the leaves of which, when chewed, have a purgative effect. It is thought that...the branches of the Brak Bush discourage entry of bad luck into the houses of the citizens." Assassin of Gor, page 211 ~Carpet Plant~ The Carpet plant can be found in the rainforest area of Schendi. The Carpet plant also has tendrils that can be used as a source for drinking water when needed. ~Fan Palm~ The Fan palm can be found in the jungles of Schendi. The palm can be more than twenty feet in height, with leaves that can spread open to form an open fan formation. The leaves of this plant can also be an excellent source of water, baring as much as a liter at the base of each leaf's cupped stem. "'Have no fear,' I said. 'Your value on the sales block has not been reduced.' 'Thank you, Master,' she said. I then rose to my feet and walked a few yards away, to a fan palm. From the base of one of its broad leaves I gathered a double handful of fresh water. I returned to the girl and carefully, washed out the wound. She winced. I then cut some leaves and wrapped them about it. I tied shut this simple bandage with the tendrils of a carpet plant...." Explorers of Gor...page 347 ~Flahdah~ A tree of the Tahari region that has leaves that tapper to a point at the base. The trunk of the Flahdah tree leans to the side like the Palm Tree of Urth. ~Flower Trees~ "And so we sat with our backs against the flower tree in the House of Saphrar, merchant of Turia. I looked at the lovely, dangling loops of interwoven blossoms which hung from the curved branches of the tree. I knew that the clusters of flowers which; cluster upon cluster, graced those linear, hanging stems, would each be a bouquet in itself, for the trees are so bred that the clustered flowers emerge in subtle, delicate patterns of shades and hues." Nomads of Gor, page 217 ~Ka-la-na~ The wood of this tree grows very strong and is used to make long peasant bowls. The Ka-la-na tree bears yellow fruit that is used to make ka-la-na wine. "The Ka-la-na thicket was yellow in the distance..." Captive of Gor, page 250 "...a small bottle of Ka-la-na wine, in a wicker basket...I had never tasted so rich and delicate a wine on Earth, and yet here, on this world, it costs only a copper tarn disk and was so cheap, and plentiful, that it might be given even to a female slave...It was the first Gorean fermented beverage which I had tasted. It is said that Ka-la-na has an unusual effect on a female." Captive of Gor, page 114 "Ho-Hak reached down and unwrapped the leather from the yellow bow of supple Ka-la-na." Raiders of Gor, page 19 "Besides several of the flower trees there were also some Ka-la-na trees, or the yellow wine trees of Gor...." Nomads of Gor, page 217 ~Kanda~ The Kanda is a shrub found in the Gorean desert. The poison that can be extracted from the roots is a lethal poison, while chewing the leaves of the Kanda can have an addictive narcotic effect. "The roots of the kanda plant, which grows largely in desert regions on Gor, are extremely toxic, but, surprisingly, the rolled leaves of this plant, which are relatively innocuous, are formed into strings and, chewed or sucked, are much favored by many Goreans, particularly in the southern hemisphere, where leaf is more abundant." Nomads of Gor, page 43 ~Katch~ Katch is a leafy vegetable similar to lettuce of Urth. It is often grown by the people of the Tahari Desert. "a foliated leaf vegetable, called Katch" Tribesmen of Gor, page 37 ~Kes~ The salty, blue secondary root of this plant are the main ingredients in sullage. ~Leech plant~ This plant attached two hollow, fang-like thorns into its victim. These fangs can suck the blood from the victim, which is nourishment for the plant. "Once I shouted in pain. Two fangs had struck into my calf. An, ost I thought! But the fangs held fast, and I heard the popping, sucking sound of the bladderlike seed pods of a leech plant, as they expanded and contracted like small ugly lungs....The leech plant strikes like a cobra and fastens two hollow thorns into its victim. The chemical responses of the bladderlike pods produce a mechanical pumping action, and the blood is sucked into the plant to nourish it. Normally such plants are cleared from the sides of the roads and from inhabited areas. They are primarily dangerous to children and small animals, but a grown man who might lose his footing among them would not be likely to survive." Outlaw of Gor. P 33 - 34 ~Needle Tree~ This tree is found in the Thentis region. The oil of the Needle tree is used in perfumes and can be used in ship building. "...and the needle trees, the evergreens, for masts and spars, and cabin and deck plankings." Raiders of Gor, page 141 ~Olive Groves~ The Olive Groves originated in Tyros. "Clitus, too, had brought two bottles of Ka-la-na wine, a string of eels, cheese of the Verr and a sack of red olives from the groves of Tyros." Raiders of Gor, page 114 ~Rence~ Rence is a clustered, reed-like plant that can be found in marsh areas. The roots of the plant are long and can measure approximately four inches thick. The larger roots lie under the surface of the water, while smaller roots can push down into the mud up to sixteen feet deep. Rence is used for food, fuel, wooden utensils, cloth, and paper. "The plant has many uses besides serving as a raw product in the manufacture of rence paper�from the stem the rence growers can make reed boats, sails, mats, cords and a kind of fibrous cloth; further its pith is edible�" Raiders of Gor, page 7 "Then, from within the collar, he drew forth a thin, folded piece of paper, rence paper made from the fibers of the rence plant, a tall, long-stalked leafy plant which grows predominantly in the delta of the Vosk." Nomads of Gor, page 49 "In the morning, before dawn, she had placed in my mouth a handful of rence paste." Raiders of Gor, page 28 "In a moment the woman had returned with a double handful of wet rence paste. When fried on flat stones it makes a kind of cake, often sprinkled with rence seeds." Raiders of Gor, page 25 "I had carried about bowls of cut, fried fish, and wooden trays of roasted tarsk meat, and roasted gants, threaded on sticks, and rence cakes and porridges, and gourd flagons, many times replenished, of rence beer." Raiders Gor, page 44 "Before the feast I had helped the women, cleaning fish and dressing marsh gants, and then, later, turning spits for the roasted tarsks, roasted over rence-root fires, kept on metal pans, elevated above the rence of the islands by metal racks, themselves resting on larger pans." Raiders of Gor, page 44 ~Rep~ This plant bears fibers that are similar to the cotton of Urth. The Rep plant is primarily grown for cloth. "...for example, rep-cloth....Some rep is grown, for cloth..." Tribesmen of Gor, page 37 "Rep is a whitish fibrous matter found in the seed pods of a small, reddish, woody bush, commercially grown in several areas, but particularly below Ar and above the equator; the cheap rep-cloth is woven in mills, commonly, in various cities; it takes dyes well and, being cheap and strong, is popular, particularly among the lower castes." Raiders of Gor, pages 10-11 ~Sa-Tarna~ or ('life-daughter') Sa-Tarna is the staple yellow grain, on Gor. It can be brewed into paga as a drink served in taverns. It is also ground and used to bake the sa-tarna Bread that is a staple food at every gorean meal. "At the oasis will be grown a hybrid of brownish Sa-Tarna, adapted to the heat of the desert; most Sa-Tarna is yellow; and beans, berries, onions, tuber suls, various sorts of melons, a foliated leaf vegetable, called Katch and various root vegetables, such as turnips, carrots, radishes, of the sphere and cylinder varieties, and korts, a large, brownish-skinned, thick skinned, sphere-shaped vegetable, usually some six inches in width, the interior of which is yellowish, fibrous and heavily seeded. At the oasis, because of the warm climate, the farmers can grow two or more crops a year. Larma and tospits are also grown at the oases, in small orchards. Some rep is grown, for cloth, but most cloth comes to the oasis from caravans." page 37, Tribesmen ~Sim Plant~ The Sim plant is raised in the pasture chambers of the Nest. It is a rambling, tangled vine-like plant with huge, rolling leaves. ~Sip Root~ An ingredient of the bitter Sip root can be extract to be used as an active ingredient in slave wine. "A bitter root, which can either be made into a liquid contraceptive, or chewed, for the same result. The effect of the sip root, in most women is effective for three or four months. In the concentrated state, as in slave wine, developed by the caste of Physicians, the effect is almost indefinite, usually requiring a releaser for it remission, usually administered, to a slave, in what is called the breeding wine, or the second wine" From Blood Brothers of Gor page 319 ~Sul~ Sul is a cylinder root, vegetable that is similar to the potato of Urth. It can be served either sliced fried fried. "The sul is a large, thick-skinned, yellow-fleshed, root vegetable. It is very common on this world. There are a thousand ways in which it is prepared. It is fed even to slaves. I had had some at the house; narrow, cooked slices, smeared with butter, sprinkled with salt, fed to me by hand." Dancer of Gor, page 80 ~Ta Grapes Vines~ Ta grapes are similar to the grapes found of Urth. Ta grapes comes from the Isle of Cos and are a deep purple. These grapes make excellent white wine, called ta-wine. "The grapes were purple and, I suppose, Ta-grapes from the lower vine-yards of the terraced island of Cos..." Priest-Kings of Gor, page 45 ~Telekint~ Telekint is a root plant that, when mashed and mixed with water, produce a red dye. This plant is found in the Tahari. ~Tem~ Tem is a tree that produces black wood known for its strength. "...Tem-wood for rudders and oars..." Raiders of Gor, page 141 "...there was also, at one side of the garden, against the far wall, a grove of tem-wood, linear, black, supple..." Nomads of Gor, page 217 ~Tur~ Tur is a reddish tree that has a large trunk. It is said to be the inspiration for the name of the city of Turia. The Tur tree provides wood to be used for ship building. "...there was one large trunked, reddish Tur tree, about which curled it's assemblage of Tur-Pah, a vinelike tree parasite with curled scarlet, ovate leaves, rather lovely to look upon; the leaves of the Tur-Pah incidentally are edible and figure in certain Gorean dishes; such as sullage, a kind of soup; long ago, I had heard, a Tur tree was found on the prairie, near a spring, planted perhaps long before by someone who passed by; it was from that Tur tree that the city of Turia took its name;..." Nomads of Gor, page 217 "Tur wood is used for galleys and frames, and beams and clamps and posts, and for hull planking..." Raiders of Gor, page 141 ~Tur-pah~ Tur-pah is an edible of the Tur tree parasite that has curly, red, egg-shaped leaves and is used as the main ingredient in sullage. "The principal ingredients of Sullage are the golden Sul, the curled, red, ovate leaves of the Tur-Pah, a tree parasite, cultivated in host orchards of Tur trees and the salty, blue secondary roots of the Kes shrub, a small, deeply rooted plant which grows best in sandy soil." Priest Kings of Gor, page 45 ~Violet Grass~ The Violet grass grows in stalky patches. It is one of several grasses used in the pleasure gardens of Turia. |
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