Tur Tree
The city of Turia is said to have taken it's name from a solitary Tur tree planted long ago in it's plains. The tree being described as reddish with a thick trunk.
*There was one large-trunked, reddish Tur tree, about which curled it's assemblage of Tur-Pah, a vine-like 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 bye; it was from that Tur tree that the city of Turia took it's name.
~Nomads of Gor, page 217~
Tur-Pah
Tur-Pah is a parasitic, rather attractive vine, with curling scarlet, oval shaped leaves which can be added to flavour porridge or soup.
*Tur-Pah, a vinelike 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.
~Nomads of Gor, page 217~
Veminium (desert variety)
The purple petals of the Desert Veminium are prized for their oil, which is commonly used to make perfumed water.
*The petals of veminium, the 'Desert Veminium' purplish, as opposed to the 'Thentis Veminium,' bluish, which flower grows at the edge of the Tahari, gathered in shallow baskets and carried to a still, are boiled in water. The vapour which boils off is condensed in oil. This oil is used to
perfume water. This water is not drunk, but is used in middle and upper-class homes to rinse the eating hand, before and after the evening meal.
~Tribesmen of Gor, page 51~
Veminium (Thentis variety)
This fragrant Thentis species of Veminium is blue, used in perfume making, it can usually be found in the lower slopes of the Thentis mountains.
*The atmosphere of the pool was further charged with the fragrance of Veminium, a kind of bluish wildflower commonly found on the lower slopes of the Thentis range.
~Assassin of Gor, page 163~
Verr Grass
Stubbornly found growing in the more shaded spots of the Tahari, this brownish grass is a favorite food of the goat-like Verr.
*On the shaded sides of some rocks, and the shaded slopes of hills, here and there, grew stubborn brownish patches of verr grass.
~Tribesmen of Gor, page 71~ |
