Flora Flora suggestion

Thread in 'World Building' started by Coli, Jan 30, 2008.

  1. Name: Bloodweed

    Category: Herb-Medicinal
    Edible: Though the whole plant is edible, the fruit/flower is the only part which can be of medical use .
    Size: A grown up plant can be up to 2 feet tall.
    Frequency: Uncommon
    Description: It is as if this mysterious plant once somehow tried to become a pendragon. The shape of the flower/fruit, which covers the whole plant in small clusters, is very similar to a pendragon fetus, curled together with its underdeveloped head connecting to the thick base that attaches it to the main plant. The coloration differs between dirty brownish yellow to high intense red. It sends out an aroma of rotting flesh, which keeps most floral eating creatures away. Despite its unpleasant smell and appearance, it can be used for multiple medical treatment. Inside the meatful fetus shaped fruit, there is a thick, crimson liquid. The blood like liquid is almost identical to the blood type 0, and can be used on the general population. Rare mutations of the flora will result in other blood types, or even poison. The liquid can be directly injected into the blood to improve blood production, or to temporary compensate for heavy blood loss. It can also to a certain limit purify and treat blood diseases.

    Also vampires have been known to make use for the plant. By directly feeding on the fleshy fruit, they can absorb some nutrition from it, and delay their need and hunger from the next living creature meal, but it can in no way be used as a permanent alternative for real blood.

    Found in swamps and rotting areas. It can also infrequently be found on remaining pieces of deceased creatures.
    Biomes: Tropical Rainforest. wetland


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    I apologize for whatever mispellings and grammar. English is not my first language, and it is a bit hard finding proper words to be able to describe it properly.
     
  2. Oooo, sounds good to me. More herbs are needed, quite an interesting plant idea. I would give it the thunbs up myself. heh.
     
  3. Yes, I think it's a rather interesting herb. How about you give this herb a little culinary history? Like tribes use the stems as a sort of cuisine. Something like that. Just a thought =)

    Great work though.
     
  4. Great! I can add an image to it later, just have to get photoshop on the new laptop first.
     

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