FLORA

Apricots

This fruit is identical to the apricot of Earth. It may be served pitted and sliced or whole.

Arctic Flora

Nearly two-hundred and fifty (250) varieties of small flowers and shrubs grow in the arctic region of Gor; the Polar North. Small perennials are the most common type of vegetation and only during the short summer months.

Bazi Shrub

This is a shrub, known to grow in many different places; its leaves are ground to make Bazi tea.

Blackwine Bean

This is the coffee bean of Earth. It is used in the making of black wine (Earth coffee). Black beans are grown in the mountains of Thentis. Black wine is very rich and aromatic, much like its Earth counterpart.

Brak Bush

This is a shrub whose leaves have a purgative effect when chewed. Traditionally, branches of it are nailed to house doors during the Waiting Hand to discourage the entry of bad luck into the house during the New Year.

Cacao Tree

This is the tree from which beans for chocolate and cocoa are taken; similar to those of the same name on Earth.

Carpet Plant

This is a plant of the jungle area inland of Schendi; its tendrils are sometimes used as a source of drinking water.

Clover

These are small, three (3) leafed, low-growing grasses, comparable to Earth's clover and found on the plains of Gor.

Dates

Juicy and fat from the city of Tor, the Gorean date is identical to those found on Earth.

Dina

The Dina is a small, circular, short-stemmed flower indigenous to hillsides; sometimes called the "slave flower"; it is often used as a design for slave brands and sometimes for a slave's name.

Fan Palm

Found in the jungles of Schendi, it grows more than twenty (20) feet high. It has large, fan-shaped leaves which at times can hold large amounts of rain water; as much as a liter per leaf.

Fern

Similar to the fern of earth, there are many varieties of ferns; most commonly one resembling the maidenhair fern of Earth.

Festal

This is a low-growing shrub found in the Tahari desert.

Flahd

This is a tree of the Tahari having lancelet leaves; the trunk leans, like that of an Earth palm tree. It stands no taller than twenty (20) feet.

Flaminium

This is a large, scarlet flower having five petals; it is very fragrant

Flowertree

This is a tree which has dangling loops of beautiful woven blossoms which hang from curved branches. These trees are are specially grown so that the flowers form delicate patterns of shades and hues; usually found within the pleasure gardens of the wealthy.

Fruit

Many types of fruit trees and bushes abound on Gor. Similar to those of Earth include: apricots, berries, cherries, grapes, dates, melons, olives, peaches, pears, pomegranates and strawberries. Gorean fruits include: larmas, ramberries, Ta-grapes and tospits

Grass

A variety of grasses abound on Gor, including blue, violet and one of yellowish-orange color, along with clover.

Hogarthe Tree

Named after an early explorer of Gor, these trees grow on the banks of streams and rivers. They are similar to the poplar trees of Earth.

Kalana Fruit

This is a pear-shaped fruit, served fresh and sliced. It can also be pressed and made into a sweet and potent wine.

Kalana Tree

This is a tree with very strong, yellow wood; it is used for making bows. The wood is very supple and can be bent on itself almost three (3) times over before splitting and breaking.

Kanda

This is a shrub of the Gorean desert, the Tahari; a lethal poison can be extracted from its roots, while chewing the leaves has an addictive, narcotic effect.

Katch

This is a foliated leaf vegetable, similar to cabbage or lettuce of Earth.

Kes Shrub

This is a shrub whose salty, blue secondary roots are a main ingredient in sullage.

Kort

This is a large, brownish, thick-rinded, spherical vegetable, usually six (6) inches in width. The interior is yellowish and heavily seeded. Coming from the Tahari, the kort is frequently served sliced with melted cheese and nutmeg. The kort is very similar to Earth squash in taste and texture.

Larma

The larma is a succulent fruit, similar to the Earth peach. The larma is sometimes sliced, fried, and served with browned honey sauce. Offering a larma, real or imagined, by a slave girl to her Master is a silent plea for the girl to be raped.

Leech Plant

This is a hemovorous plant that fastens two hollow, fang-like thorns into its victim, through which it can suck the blood that nourishes it.

Liana Vine

This is a jungle plant which can be used as a source of drinking water

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Marsh Vine

This is a vine plant that grows in the wetlands; these vines, when tangled, snake through the marches and swamps of Gor

Melon

This is a red and yellow colored melon commonly found in many Gorean markets. It's rind has stripes similar to a watermelon on Earth.

Melon(Celane)

This is a melon akin to the honeydew of Earth.

Merlot Grapes

This is a purple grape, usually seedless; eaten whole or pressed into a dark red, dry wine. It is similar to the grape of the same name on Earth.

Needle Tree

This is a tree of the Thentis region, whose oil is used in perfumes. Similar to the conifer or evergreen of Earth.

   Olives

These are commonly from the city of Tor. Referred to as the Torian olive; red olives which come from the groves of Tyros. Olives are also grown in Turia, (called Turian olives) and are red.

Palm Tree

More than one-thousand five-hundred (1,500) varieties of palm trees exist in the jungles surround Schendi. One of these is the Fan palm; more than twenty (20) feet high and spreading its leaves in the form of an opened fan; it is an excellent source of pure water, as much as one liter of water being found, almost as though cupped, at the base of each leaf's stem.

Pod Tree

 This is a tree that grows in the jungles inland of Schendi; its inner bark is used for making bark cloth

Ramberries

This is a small, succulent berry that is reddish-purple is color and very sweet. Its juice often stains the tongue and lips after eating it. This berry is similar to an Earth raspberry.

Red Fruit

This is a fruit similar in flesh and taste to the apple of Earth.

Rence

This is a tufted, reed-like plant that grows in the marshes. The grain is eaten and the stems harvested and pressed into paper or woven into cloth. The grain may be boiled or ground into a paste and sweetened; this paste can also be fried into a type of pancake

Rep Plant

This is a fiber plant similar to cotton from Earth. It is commonly harvested and used for the production of cloth.

Rushes

This is brush which grows in and along marshes and swamps; wild rence plants

Satarna

(Lit. "life-daughter") This is grain, specifically wheat.

Sedge

This is brush which grows in and along marshes and swamps; wild rence plants.

Sip Root

This is a bitter root whose extract is the active ingredient in slave wine.