Post by • Aerys • on Feb 28, 2010 21:52:48 GMT -5
Common Name: Cycad
Na'vi Name: Tsyorina'wll, or "flour seed plant"
Taxonomy: Pseudocycas altissima. Named for strong resemblance to cycads on Earth, and root name meaning "tall."
Botanical Description: Virtually identical to the cycads on Earth. Tall, woody seed plant with ring of large leaves at top. Bears large open cone-like structures containing round green seeds.
Ecology: Trunk is covered with symbiotic anemonoid-like organisms that absorb nitrogen and make it available to the plant. Hypothesis that it was introduced to Pandora on meteor from Earth.
Ethnobotany: Seeds are soaked to remove nerve toxins and ground up to use as flour
Na'vi Name: Tsyorina'wll, or "flour seed plant"
Taxonomy: Pseudocycas altissima. Named for strong resemblance to cycads on Earth, and root name meaning "tall."
Botanical Description: Virtually identical to the cycads on Earth. Tall, woody seed plant with ring of large leaves at top. Bears large open cone-like structures containing round green seeds.
Ecology: Trunk is covered with symbiotic anemonoid-like organisms that absorb nitrogen and make it available to the plant. Hypothesis that it was introduced to Pandora on meteor from Earth.
Ethnobotany: Seeds are soaked to remove nerve toxins and ground up to use as flour
