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