Plants of Enkar

LAVALACE, BACCY or PEACEWEED

  • This purple-leafed plant has a very fragrant aroma. The leaves can be used to make a very calming tea. They are also used by some peoples, the Morphan, as a sort of tobacco. However, it's properties are greatly reduced this way. Therefore most healers do not like this method of using the Lavalace. The Elves when in council, will throw some on a fire. It produces a purple smoke that calms nerves. The lavender blooms burst out in a 'plume' of flowers and are very fragrant. Bouquets of this flower are commonly given to people who are ill, emotionally upset in any way. The delicate fragrance is pleasant but also has the mild soothing effect of the leaves.

    • BITTERBERRIES

  • A bluish-purple berry with a pleasant, semi-sweet taste. If picked at the week of perfect ripeness, the berry becomes perfectly sweet. This viney plant will produce hundreds of berries per season, each berry being about one inch across if water has been abundant through the winter.
  • **Healers Caution: The berry does have a laxative quality when consumed in vast quantities.

    • LAPOWD BERRY

  • The Lapowd Berry bush is low-growing and will very oftenappear in the middle of a patch of overgrown weeds. The weeds hide it from ready sight. This bush produces an abundance of blue berries that are terribly bitter, unless picked up after detaching from the plant. At this point they are fermented and they become very intoxicating. Many plains healers will use them for killing pain during severe illness or injury.

    • LECRESS

  • The lecress plant is a varigated green leaf lettuce that is exceptionally nutritious. Known for the large sturdy leaves, this plant is hard to miss. This too grows near water as it needs water and cool temperatures to produce. This plant will only produce a skimpy stalk if there is a shortage of water or if the temperature rises too quickly during its growth period.

    • PHELIA PLANT

  • Slender, pale green and yellow leaves of this plant are the only usable part of the plant. Leaves are used to stop bleeding when chewed and packed into a wound. They also have a pain-killing quality when chewed. This is a highly prized plant and difficult to find as it likes to grow in 'out of the way' spots, often springing up between rocks or the like. Seeds are slender with one end splayed out, making it a superb flyer when airborne.

    • SOPA VERA (Sopa)

  • The sopa leaves are thick and dark green. Usually found growing near water this relative of the Aloe family has a gelatinous substance inside the leaves that added to water produces a cleansing agent. It's fresh smell lingers after the cleansing and is most invigorating. The people of Enkar use it almost exclusively for cleansing.
  • *Healers note: This plant when a small amount is placed in water is also a good laxative.

    • RIVERLION PLANT

  • This is a versatile plant. The large flower heads produce hundreds of delicious, nutritious seeds. The stalk itself can be dried and used as a tube, which lends itself many uses. The thick, chunky roots are edible. [This sweet, orange-colored root is a favorite among the plainspeople.] This plant also grows near water, rivers, streams, lakes and ponds. Called the Riverlion plant because the large yellow-gold flower resembles the head and mane of the dreaded predator, the Riverlion.

    • TWISTROOT

  • Not really a root as the nameimplies, but it is instead a darkbrown fungus that thrives in dark, moisture richareas. In fact, it is quite non-picky aboutits growing locations. Named for the often curved andintertwined base, it is edible andvery calorie dense; it has as many uses as the morecommon waterlok and riverlion roots, and the dwarves ofEnkar have grown very adept at cultivating it in vastnumbers. Growing in out of the waycaverns and recycling the waste of the dwarvencommunities, it is their staple crop.
  • -contributed by Aaron Baugh

    WATERLOK

  • Leaves are large with fine 'hairs' around the surface. This makes the leaf feel very soft. The roots are a rich, white, starchy substance enjoyed by most of the species inhabiting Enkar. A prolific water plant the tubers grow down in the water, while the stalks and leaves crowd the shore areas of lakes, rivers and ponds.

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