Artic flora | "The tundra at this time of year belies its reputation for bleakness. In many places it bursts into bloom with small flowers. Almost all of the plants of this nature are perennials, as the growing season is too short to permit most annuals to complete their growing cycle. In the winter buds of many of these plants lie dormant in a fluffy sheath which protects them from cold. Some two hundred and forty different types plants grow in the Gorean artic within five hundred pasangs of the pole. None of these, interestingly, is poisonous, and none possess thorns. During the summer plants and flowers will grow almost anywhere in the artic except on or near the glacial ice." -- Beasts of Gor, page 196 There are roughly 240 types of plants that grow in the arctic area, within five hundred pasangs of the north pole. Of these plants, none are poisonous or have thorns. They found no need to develop the defenses necessary to many southern plants. |
Brak bush | "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 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. |
Carpet plant | "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 retuned to the girl and, carefully, washed out the wound. She winced. I then cut some leaves and wrapped them about it. I tied this simple bandage shut with the tendrils of a carpet plant." -- Explorers of Gor, page 347 A plant of the rainforest area inland of Schendi that has tendrils that are sometimes used as a source of drinking water. |
Clover, green | "I set her down on a bed of green clover. Beyond it, some hundred yards away, I could see the border of a yellow field of Sa-Tarna and a yellow thicket of Ka-la-na trees." -- Tarnsman of Gor, page 96 Low leguminous herbs having trifoliolate leaves and flowers in dense heads and including many that are valuable for forage and attractive to bees. |
Cocoa Tree | "'This is warmed chocolate,' I said, pleased. It was very rich and creamy. 'Yes, Mistress,' said the girl. 'It is very good,' I said. 'Thank you, Mistress,' she said. 'Is it from Earth?' I asked. 'Not directly,' she said. 'Many things here, of course, ulti- mately have an Earth origin. It is not improbable that the beans from which the first cacao trees on this world were grown were brought from Earth.' 'Do the trees grow near here?' I asked. 'No, Mistress,' she said. 'We obtain the beans, from which the chocolate is made, from Cosian merchants, who, in turn, obtain them in the tropics.'" -- Kajira of Gor, page 61 These plants came from Earth in an early acquistion trip, and grown in the Southern Tropical areas. |
Dina flower | "My own brand was the 'dina', the dina is a small, lovely, multiply petaled flower, short-stemmed, and blooming in a turf of green leaves, usually on the slopes of hills, in the northern temperate zones of Gor, in its budding, though in few other ways, it resembles a rose; it is an exotic, alien flower; it is also spoken of, in the north, where it grows most frequently, as the slave flower." -- Slave Girl of Gor, page 61 "But, perhaps the dina is spoken of as the slave flower merely because, in the north, it is, though delicate and beautiful, a reasonably common, unimportant flower; it is also easily plucked, being defenseless, and can easily be crushed, overwhelmed and, if one wishes, discarded." -- Slave Girl of Gor, page 62 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. Similar in appearance to rose of Earth. |
Fan palm | "One type of palm, the fan palm, more than twenty feet high, which spreads its leaves in the form of an open fan, is an excellent source of pure water, as much as a liter of such water being found, almost as though cupped at the base of each leaf's stem." -- Explorers of Gor, page 310 Tall palm tree that collects water in the base of each leaf's stem. |
Ferns | "Also, I was not clear how Harold, supposing him to be successful in his shopping amongst the ferns and flowers of Saphrar's Pleasure Gardens, intended to conduct his squirming prize along this unscenic, difficult and improbable route. Besides the designs there were also, growing from planting areas recessed here and there in the marble walkway, broad-leafed, curling plants; vines; ferns; numerous exotic flowers; it was rather beautiful, but in an oppressive way, and the room had been heated to such an extent that it seemed almost steamy; I gathered the temperature and humidity in the room were desirable for the plantings, or were supposed to simulate the climate of the tropical area represented." -- Nomads of Gor, page 190 Similar to the plant by same name on Earth. |
Festal | "'What do you see?' I asked. 'Shrubbery.' He said, 'some grass, some rence, two trees.' 'What sort of shrubbery?' I asked. 'Some festal,' he said. 'some tes, a bit of tor.'" -- Vagabonds of Gor, page 339 A type of shrubbery that grows in the Vosk delta and likely elsewhere. No real description is given. |
Flahdah | "About some of these water holes there were a dozen or so small trees, flahdah trees, like flat-topped umbrellas on crooked sticks, not more than twnety feet high; they are narrow branched with lanceolate leaves." -- Tribesmen of Gor, page 72 A tree of the Tahari having lanceolate leaves; the trunk leans, like that of a palm tree. |
Flaminium | "There was a shallow bowl of flowers, scarlet, large-budded, five-petaled flaminiums, on the small, low table between us." -- Hunters of Gor, page 154 A large, scarlet flower having 5 petals. |
Flowering shrubs and plants | "Besides the trees there were numerous shrubs and plantings, almost all flowered, sometimes fantastically; among the trees and the colored grasses there wound curved, shaded walks. Here and there I could hear the rowing of water, from miniature artificial waterfalls and fountains. From where I sat I could see two lovely pools, in which lotuslike plants floated; one of the pools was large enough for swimming; the other, I supposed, was stocked with tiny, bright fish from the various seas and lakes of Gor." -- Nomads of Gor, page 218 There are many unnamed plant types upon Gor. |
Flower tree | "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 Found in Turia, it has lovely dangling loops of interwoven blossoms which hang from curved branches. In pleasure gardens, the trees are cultivated so that the clustered flowers emerge in subtle delicate patterns of shades and hues. |
Hemp | "... a Gorean long bow of supple Ka-la-na wood, from the yellow wine trees of Gor, tipped with notched bosk horn at each end, loose strung with hemp whipped with silk, and a roll of sheaf and flight arrows." -- Raiders of Gor, page 2 No description is given of what the Gorean version of the hemp plant may look like, but it is mentioned to be used in the making of bow strings. |
Hogarthe tree | "On that rise there were two trees, white-barked trees, some fifty feet tall, with shimmering green leaves. They stoon some thirty to forty feet of one another and both were outlined dramatically against the sky." -- Blood Brothers of Gor, page 300 "I stared, tremblingly, at the lonely pair of trees. 'The trees,' I said. 'The trees.' They were Hogarthe trees, named for Hogarthe, one of the early explorers in the area of the Barrens. They are not uncommon in the vicinity of water in the Barrens, usually growing along hte banks of small streams or muddly, sluggish rivers. Their shape is reminiscent of poplar trees on Earth, to which, perhaps, in virtue of seeds brought to the Counter-Earth, they may be related." -- Blood Brothers of Gor, page 300 A tree of the Barrens named for one of the early explorers of the area. They have white bark and shimmering green leaves and stand about fifty feet tall. They tend to grow on the banks of small streams or muddy, sluggish rivers. Because they are so similar to poplar trees of Earth, Tarl imagines their seeds may have been transported to Gor. |
Ka-la-na tree | "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 Yellow trees that bear a red fruit from which wine is made. The wood is very strong and yellow. It is used in ship building and in making the long peasant bows. |
Kanda | "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 A shrub of the Gorean desert; a lethal poison can be extracted from its roots, while chewing the leaves has an addictive narcotic. |
Leech 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." -- Outlaw of Gor, page 33 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 | "Another useful source of water is the liana vine. One makes the first cut high, over one's head, to keep the water from being withdrawn by contraction and surface adhesion to the vine. The second cut, made a foot or so from the ground, gives a vine tube which, drained, yields in the neighborhood of a liter of water." -- Explorers of Gor, page 310 A rainforest plant which can be used as a source of drinking water. |
Lotus | "From where I sat I could see two lovely pools, in which lotuslike plants floated; one of the pools was large enough for swimming; the other, I supposed, was stocked with tiny, bright fish from the various seas and lakes of Gor." -- Nomads of Gor, page 218 Flowers which ressemble lotus are mentioned in Tarl's description of the many flowers within the garden of the palace of Saphrar, Merchant of Turia. |
Needle trees, evergreens | "...and the needle trees, the evergreens, for masts and spars, and cabin and deck plankings." -- Raiders of Gor, page 141 Evergreens from the northern forests, which are used in ship building. |
Palm trees | "There is an incredible variety of trees in the rainforest, how many I cannot conjecture. There are, however, more than fifteen hundred varieties and types of palm alone." -- Explorers of Gor, page 310 More than 1,500 varieties of palm trees exist on Gor in the rainforest and in the Tahari desert. |
Pomegranate | "Pomegranate orchards lie at the east of the oasis," I said. "Gardens lie inward. There is even a pond, between two of the groves of date palms." -- Tribesmen of Gor, page 174 Orchards of pomegranate are found growing at the Oasis of Red Rock. |
Rence | "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 predominately 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 Grown in the marshes, this tufted, reed-like plant is used for making paper, food, fuel, wooden utensils, and cloth. |
Rep bush | "...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 A fiber plant grown mainly for cloth, which seems to be cotton-like. |
Sa-Tarna | "Economically, the base of the Gorean life was the free peasant, which was perhaps the lowest but undoubtedly the most fundamental caste, and the staple crop was a yellow grain called Sa-Tarna, or Life-Daughter." -- Tarnsman of Gor, page 43 "I thought of the yellow Gorean bread, baked in the shape of round, flat loaves, fresh and hot...." -- Outlaw of Gor, page 76 The yellow grain, staple crop of Gor. Used in making the yellow Sa-Tarna bread and in the brewing of Pagar-Sa-Tarna (Paga). Literally sa-tarna means "life-daughter;" it is a grain, specifically wheat. |
Sim plant | "I did not know at the time but Gur is a product originally secreted by large, gray, domesticated, hemispheric arthropods which are, in the morning, taken out to pasture where they feed on special Sim plants, extensive, rambling, tangled vine-like plants with huge, rolling leaves, raised under square energy lamps fixed in the ceilings of the broad pasture chambers." -- Priest-Kings of Gor, page 214 A rambling, tangled vine-like plant with huge, rolling leaves, raised in the pasture chambers of the Nest. |
Sip root | "Sip roots are extremely bitter. Slave wine, incidentally, is made from sip roots." -- Blood Brothers of Gor, page 124 A bitter root whose extract is the active ingredient in slave wine. |
Talender | "I saw of set of ridges, lofty and steep, rearing out of a broad, yellow meadow of talendars, a delicate, yellow-petaled flower, often woven into garlands by Gorean maidens." -- Outlaw of Gor, page 131 "The talendar is a flower which, in the Gorean mind, is associated with beauty and passion. Free Companions, on the Feast of their Free Companionship, commonly wear a garland of talendars. Sometimes slave girls, having been subdued, but fearing to speak, will fix talendars in their hair, that their master may know that they have at last surrendered themselves to him as helpless love slaves." -- Raiders of Gor, pages 216-217 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 ceremoney; worn in a slavegirl's hair, it is a silent plea for her to be raped. |
Telekint | "The rep-cloth veil was red; it had been soaked in a primitive dye, mixed from water and the mashed roots of the telekint; when he perspired, it had run; his face was stained." -- Tribesmen of Gor, page 83 A plant of the Tahari; its roots, mashed & mixed with water, provide a red dye. |
Tem-wood tree | "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 A tree which produces a black wood that is very strong and used in ship building. |
Tes | "'What do you see?' I asked. 'Shrubbery.' He said, 'some grass, some rence, two trees.' 'What sort of shrubbery?' I asked. 'Some festal,' he said. 'some tes, a bit of tor.'" -- Vagabonds of Gor, page 339 A type of shrubbery that grows in the Vosk delta. No real description is given. |
Teslik | "A plant whose extract is the active ingredient in breeding wine." -- Blood Brothers of Gor, page 320 The extract of this plant negates the effects of the bitter sip root. |
Tor shrub | "Translated as the "bright shrub" or the "shrub of light" because of it's abundant bright flowers are either yellow or white depending on the variety. It flowers in the fall.... It does not grow above a man's waist." -- Vagabonds of Gor, pages 339-340 A type of shrubbery with bright flowers, from which the shrub gets its name. |
Tur tree | "...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 A reddish tree having a large trunk and said to be the inspiration for the name of the city of Turia. Provides wood for ship building and is the host of the parasite, Tur-Pah, one of the ingredients of sullage. |
Verminium | "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 A bluish wildflower commonly found on the lower ranges of the Thentis mountains; used in perfumes. |
Verminium, desert | "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 a shallow baskets and carried to a still, are boiled in water. The vapor which boils off is condensed into 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, pages 50-51 Small, purplish flower found in the Tahari; used in perfumes. |
Verr grass | "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 A brownish grass that grows, stubbornly, in the shaded spots of the Tahari. |
Vines | "Also, I was not clear how Harold, supposing him to be successful in his shopping amongst the ferns and flowers of Saphrar's Pleasure Gardens, intended to conduct his squirming prize along this unscenic, difficult and improbable route. Besides the designs there were also, growing from planting areas recessed here and there in the marble walkway, broad-leafed, curling plants; vines; ferns; numerous exotic flowers; it was rather beautiful, but in an oppressive way, and the room had been heated to such an extent that it seemed almost steamy; I gathered the temperature and humidity in the room were desirable for the plantings, or were supposed to simulate the climate of the tropical area represented." -- Nomads of Gor, page 190 "With all of my strength I moved towards it -- an inch -- and then another inch -- my fingers stretched, my arms and back aching, until in another inch I might have grasped it and then, to my horror, as I reached in agony for the vine, it rustled and lifted itself just beyond my reach." -- Nomads of Gor, page 210 A plant whose stem requires support and which climbs by tendrils or twining or creeps along the ground. Any of various sprawling herbaceous plants. |
Violet grass | "He picked up a stalk of a patch of violet grass, one of several hues used in such gardens, and began to chew on it." -- Nomads of Gor, page 190 "Among the trees and the colored grasses there wound curved, shaded walks." -- Nomads of Gor, page 218 Patches of stalky grass found in Turia, one of several different colors. |