Flora and Fauna
The following are excerts taken from the books of Gor written by John Norman
Brak Bush

A shrub whose leaves when chewed have a  purgative effect, thought  that the pitch and branches discourage the entry of bad luck into the house, which are nailed to the door during the last five days of the old year.
(Assassin of Gor page 211)
Carpet Plant

A plant of the rain forest aea inland of Schendi, having tendrils that are sometimes used as a source of drinking water.
(Explorers of Gor page 347)
Flahdah

A flat-topped umbrella on crooked sticked, not more than 20 feet high, they are narrow branched with lanceolate leaves.
(Tribesmen of Gor page 72)
Flaminium

Is a scarlet, large budded, five petaled.
(Hunters of Gor page 154)
Flower Tree

Is lovely dangling loops of interwoven bloosoms which hang from curved branches.  Tree's are bred so that the  clustered flowers emerge in subtle delicate patterns of shades and hues.
(Nomads of Gor page 214)
Ka-la-na

Is a tree with very strong yellow wood, used for making bows, ka-la-na wine is made from the fruit of the Ka-la-na tree.
(Tarnsmen of Gor page 168)
Kanda

The roots of the kanda plant, which grows largely in the desert regions on Gor, are extremely toxic, but, suprisingly, 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 the leaf is more abundant.
(Nomads of Gor page 43)
Leech Plant

Strikes like a cobra, fastening two hollow thorns into the victim, the chemical  responses of the bladder-like pods producea mechanical pumping action, and the blood is sucked into the plant to nourish it.
(Outlaws of Gor page 33)
Sim Plant

A rambling, tangled vine like plant with huge, rolling leaves, raised in the pasture chambers of the Nest.
(Priest-Kings of Gor page 214 and 215)
Rep Plant

Small reddish woody bush; the white fibrous matter known as Rep found in its seed pods.
(Raiders of Gor page 10)
Rushes and Sedge

A wild rence plant.
(Raidersof Gor page 5)
Talender

A delicate, yellow-petaled meadow flower, symbolic of feminine love and beauty.
(Outlaws of Gor page 131)
Tem Tree

Whose wood is black, may be bent almost double before breaking.
(Nomads of Gor page 15)
Tor Shrub

Bright shrub or shrub of light, abundance of bright flowers, yellow or white, does not grow above a man's waist.
(Vagabonds of Gor page 339 and 340)
Tur Tree

A large trunked reddish tree, a tree by which the city of Turia took its name.
(Nomads of Gor page 217)
Veminium of Thentis

A small Gorean flower, softly petaled, blue.
(Rogue of Gor page 91)
Veminium of the Desert

A small Gorean flower, grows at the edge of the Tahari, has a purplish flower.
(Tribesmen of Gor page 50)
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