Welcome to Roho Nguvu, the Strong Spirits.
This is a Feral-Heart based roleplay, with a custom map. We are literate, and semi-realistic. We also have a detailed ranking system.
The pride is known for its inner strength, cleverness, and perseverance.
(Yes, we are currently inactive.)
As we all know, this isn't Warrior Cats, nor is this a nice deciduous forest in England or North America. We're in Africa. Therefore, the plants that medics use will be noticeably different. I've got this thread for that reason. I may post some links to sites, but the main piece of info will be displayed below in the second post! That is a list of a number of African plants that we will use in this RP as herbs and poisons. It's not completely realistic, but neither are talking lions, so bear with me. I spent a good while researching and creating to make that, so I hope it's usable!
Shamans and medics are the only ones permitted to treat other lions. Your character may be a soldier and know a little about medicine, but they are not allowed to heal unless permission is given by a dominant!
Last Edit: May 15, 2016 5:03:46 GMT by XxDarkHeartxX
Note: This is NOT real-life accurate. I'm creating a lot of uses and such just for the rp's sake. More to be added! Key: Illness/Internal Infections (❤), Wounds/External Infections (❤), Cleansing/Preventative (❤), Aches/Pains (❤), Other (❤), Hazardous (❤).
H e a l i n g
❤❤ ALOE VERA - Aloe vera - Smooth stalk plant with fleshy leaves and yellow flowers. Juice is supportive for digestive system, also for soothing burns and inflamed skin.
❤❤ BITTER MELON - Momordica_charantia - Tendril-baring vine with warty yellow fruits, which are consumed to help digestive issues. Leaves eaten for coughs. However, can have harming effects on pregnant lionesses and their unborn.
❤ BLACK STINKWOOD - Ocotea bullata - Large evergreen tree with glossy leaves. Bark is used to tread urinary infections.
❤ BUCHU - Agathosma - Medium to small shrub with little leaves and clustered white, pink, red, or purple flowers. Leaves used to treat gastrointestinal and urinary tract ailments.
❤ CAPE STRAWFLOWER - Phaenocoma prolifera - Tall tapered plant with small leaves and fuzzy pink and purple flowers. Leaves crushed into a paste for anti-fungal and anti-bacterial uses, applied directly to wounds.
❤ COMMON AGRIMONY - Agrimonia eupatoria - Hairy dark green plant with yellow flowers, which are used for cleansing wounds.
❤❤ DEVIL'S CLAW - Harpagophytum - A spidery vine plant with odd hooked fruit. Tuberous roots are used to treat fevers and reduce pain.
❤❤ GINGER - Siphonochilus aethiopicus - Deciduous plant with big leaves and striking ground-level flowers. Tuberous roots used for pains and aches, also influenzas and colds/coughs.
❤ LAMB'S QUARTERS - Chenopodium album - Weedy plant with thin leaves and small flowers. Used to calm and soothe a lion. Anti-anxiety, anti-stress.
❤ MARSH AFRIKANER - Gladiolus tristis - Tall slim plant with corm roots and pale gradient flowers. Corm is eaten, treats dysentary and colds, influenzas. Flowers consumed to help with coughs and fevers. Other variations of the Gladiolus genus have similar effects.
❤ HORNED MELON - Cucumis metuliferus - A vine plant with spiky yellow-orange melons. Innards of fruit eaten will improve development in young and improve immunity against disease.
❤ IMMORTELLE - Helichrysum orientale - Bushy plant with thin stalks. Crushed into paste and applied to wounds to alleviate pain and prevent infection.
❤❤ KANNA - Sceletium tortuosum - Succulent angiosperm with white and yellow flowers. Used to relieve pain and alleviate hunger. Also an antidepressant.
❤❤ ROSELLE - Hibiscus sabdariffa - A woody subshrub with slim leaves and white to pale yellow flowers. Leaves are made into a paste that can be applied to sores and wounds. Crushed calyx (fruit) can be eaten for coughs.
❤ UMCKALOABO - Pelargonium sidoides - A geranium flower with wide leaves. The roots are eaten for colds and coughs.
❤❤ WILD DAGGA/LION'S TAIL - Leonotis leonurus - Broadleaf evergreen shrub with tubular orange flowers. Leaves can induce mild highs when smoked. Flower is used to help with heart functions.
P o i s o n s
❤ DATURA - Datura genus - Shrubby plant with wide leaves and attractive white and purple flowers. All parts are toxic if ingested. Causes tremors and paralysis, and if not tended to will induce a coma and later death.
❤ DRIMIA - Drimia genus - Bulbous plants with single flowering sprout. Causes heart failure.
❤ GIGERIA - Gigeria genus - Tufted plants with slim hairy leaves and small yellow flowers. Causes mobility to become difficult. Individual will become weak and unable to move, leading to full-on paralysis.
❤ LANTANA CAMARA - Lantana camara - Noxious shrub with clustered red-pink or white flowers and black berries. Harms liver, gall-bladder, and colon. If not treated, death will occur.