Physical Description:
A tree with square leaves and yellow flowers that sprouts tiny floss on their petals.
Special Properties:
The fruits it bears are fist-sized. Consuming them will greatly improve one’s memory, might even make someone attain photographic memory.
Zhi Chu
Physical Description:
A plant that looks like okra except that it has red flowers.
Special Properties:
The fruits it bears are like Chinese honey locust with a hard husk outside. Consuming them has a similar effect to drinking Red Bull or other strong energy drinks.
Du Heng
Physical Description:
A plant that looks like spinach and has a stink.
Special Properties:
Putting this grass onto a horse can make it run faster. Consuming it can also heal abnormal growths in the neck area.
Yao Grass
Physical Description:
A plant with vibrant growth of leaves, yellow leaves and fruits resembling the dodder plant.
Special Properties:
The fruits it bears would make you more attractive or likeable.
Lore:
Yan Di (a legendary figure in the prehistoric age who invented farming and herbal medicine, reputedly a minotaur) has a beautiful daughter who passed away before she was married (i.e. young). Her spirit arrived at the Gu Yao Mountain and became the Yao Grass.
Wang Shu He
Physical Description:
A large lotus-like plant that is about 1.3m tall and has up to four flowers growing up of each stem.
Special Properties:
Its leaves are curled up in days and only uncurl at nights. Specifically, they only uncurl at the appearance of the moon.
Lore:
Reputedly, they are the tribute paid by a kingdom to the south of ancient China.
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