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Flora of Pandora pt3

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Lilypad tree

The Lilypad Tree is a tree on Pandora and extremely little is known about it.

Anatomy: The trunk of the Lilypad Tree is a purplish blue color with small, bioluminescent dots splotching parts of the trunks surface. The leafs are what give the plant its name, being large, wide disks that looks like lily pads, with holes dotting their surfaces. These leaves have bioluminescent properties, and can range from purple to bluish green

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Lionberry aka Cynaroidia Decumbens

Na'vi name: Kllpxiwll - "ground sharp plant"

Taxonomy: Cynaroidia decumbens - named for resemblance to artichoke thistles (Cynara) and “lying down” growth form

Height: Roughly 2.5 meters

Length: 3.5 to 4.5 meters

They are in the same genus as thistle buds and hermit buds. The lionberry grows a cluster of flowers, an inflorence which resembles a single flower like the sunflower family on Earth. Samples of lionberry were taken to Earth with the thistle bud and hermit bud to study their genetic relationships and possible introduction to the Earth's ecosystem. The plant grows stems along the ground with cactus-like leaves as a defense against herbivores that would eat it.

Each flexible stem of a lionberry is topped by a single inflorescent bud that can grow to a giant size. The buds are composed largely of aerenchyma, tissue filled with air spaces, and in the low gravity on Pandora, are quite buoyant. Plants grow in patches, which gives the appearance of a garden of floating blue balloons.

Its large seeds are used for food due to being a good source of protein. The petals are used for paints.

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Lizard tree