On this page, you can find information about the plants of Gor and from where in the books each plant can be found.
A
apricot :
apparently identical to the apricot of Earth; references exist of
the
fruit being sold in
marketplaces of the Tahari.
-Book 10 : Tribesman of Gor, page 45
B
brak bush :
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 for the New Year.
-Book 5: Assassin of Gor, page 211
C
carpet plant :
a plant of the rain forest area inland of Schendi, having tendrils
that
are sometimes used as a
source of drinking water.
-Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 347
D
dates :
a staple of the diet of the Tahari Tribesmen; they are sold in a
tef (a
handful with the 5 fingers
closed; a tefa is 6 tefs (a small basket); Five such baskets
constitute
a huda. In large
compressed bricks, they are used in trade.
-Book 10: Tribesman of Gor, page 46
dina :
a small, short-stemmed flower indigenous to hillsides; sometimes
called
the 'slave flower', it is
often used as a design for slave brands; sometimes used as a slave
name.
-Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 61
E - F
fan palm :
found in the jungles of Schendi, more than 20 feet high, which
spreads
it's leaves in the form
of an opened fan; an excellent source of water; as much as a liter
at
the base of each leaf's
cupped stem.
-Book 13: Explorer's of Gor, page 310
flahdah :
a tree of the Tahari having lanceolate leaves; the trunk leans,
like
that of a palm tree.
-Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 72
flaminium :
a largish scarlet flower having 5 petals.
-Book 8: Hunters of Gor, page 154
K
ka-la-na :
A tree with very strong yellow wood, used for making bows; the
fruit of
the ka-la-na is used to
make ka-la-na wine.
-Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 96
kanda :
A shrub of the Gorean desert; a lethal poison can be extracted
from its
roots, while chewing
the leaves has an addictive narcotic.
-Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 43
katch :
Foliated leaf vegetable.
-Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 37
kes shrub :
a shrub whose salty, blue secondary roots are a main ingredient in
sullage.
-Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 45
kort :
A large, brownish-skinned, thick-rinded, sphere-shaped vegetable -
usually 6 inches in width.
The interior is yellowish and fibrous, and heavily seeded; rinded
fruit
of the Tahari; served
sliced with melted cheese and nutmeg.
-Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 37
L
larma, succulent :
succulent fruit, rather like an apple; sometimes sliced and fried,
and
served with browned-
honey sauce; offering a larma, real or imagined, by a slavegirl to
her
Master is a silent plea
for the girl to be raped.
-Book 23: Renegades of Gor, page 437
larma, apple-like :
single-seeded applelike fruit; a variation of the succulent juicy
larma
with a single seed;
commonly called pit fruit.
-Book 20: Players of Gor, page 267
leech plant :
a hemovorous plant that fastens two hollow, fang-like thorns into
its
victim, through which it
can suck the blood that nourishes it.
-Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 33
liana vine :
a rainforest plant which can be used as a source of drinking
water.
-Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 310
M
melon :
yellowish red-striped spheres.
-Book 10: Tribesman of Gor, page 45
N
needle tree :
a tree of the Thentis region, whose oil is used in perfumes.
-Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 141
O - P
palm tree :
More than 1500 varieties of palm trees exist in the rainforest,
one of
which is the Fan Palm,
more than 20 ft high, and spreads it 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.
-Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 310
pit fruit :
hard larma, a firm, single-seeded, apple-like fruit unlike the
segmented, juicy larma. It is
sometimes called the pit fruit, because of its large single stone.
-Book 20: Players of Gor, page 267
Q - R
ramberries :
Small, reddish fruit with edible seeds, not unlike tiny plums,
save for
the many small seeds.
-Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 305
rence :
a tufted, reed-like plant that grows in the marshes; it has long
thick
roots about four inches
thick which lies under the surface of the water, with smaller
roots
that sink down to the mud
with stems 15-16 feet long, with a single floral spike, used for
making
paper - each part of the
rence is used for something.
-Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 7
rep :
a whitish fibrous matter, found in the seed pods of a small
reddish
woody bush, used to make
rep-cloth.
-Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 10
S
sim plant :
a rambling, tangled vine-like plant with huge, rolling leaves,
raised
in the pasture chambers of
the Nest.
-Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor page 214
sip root :
a bitter root whose extract is the active ingredient in slave
wine.
-Book 18: Blood Brothers of Gor, page 319
sul plant :
vine with golden leaves.
-Book 3: Priest Kings of Gor, page 44
sul :
tuberous root of the sul plant.
-Book 11: Slave girl of Gor, page 134
T
ta-grapes :
similar to Earth grapes; purple in color and grown in the
vineyards of
Cos.
-Book 3: Priest Kings of Gor, page 45
talender :
delicate, yellow-petaled meadow flower, symbolic of feminine love
and
beauty; a crown of
talendars is often worn by a free woman during the Companionship
ceremony; worn in a
slave girl's hair, it is a silent plea for her to be raped.
-Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 218
telekint :
a plant of the Tahari; its roots, mashed and mixed with water,
provide
a red dye.
-Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 83
tem :
a tree which produces a black wood that is very strong; ebony?
-Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 141 and Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page
15
teslik :
a plant whose extract is the active ingredient in breeding wine.
-Book 18: Blood Brothers of Gor, page 320
tor bush :
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.
-Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, page 339
tospit :
a bitter, juicy citrus fruit.
-Book 10: Tribesman of Gor, page 46
tur tree :
a reddish tree having a large trunk.
-Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 217
tur-pah :
an edible tree parasite with curly, red, ovate leaves; grows on
the tur
tree; a main ingredient
in sullage.
-Book 3: Priest Kings of Gor, page 45
U - V
veminium :
a bluish wildflower commonly found on the lower ranges of the
Thentis
Mountains; used in
perfumes.
-Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 50
veminium, desert :
small, purplish flower found in the Tahari; used in perfumes.
-Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 50
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