Amanomi Noyabu

Amanomi Noyabu

In addition to the Air Sea, a type of rain forest was also discovered deep down in the Storm Dimension's cloud layer. The primary specimen we'll be observing is the Amanomi Noyabu, otherwise known as the Wild Rainberry Bush. The berries in question are only faintly sweet and dye the mouth dark blue when eaten, leading to it also being named the Inkberry Rainbush, or Suminomi Amayabu. Its ink-like qualities may mean Inkpetal Dyenas will soon have a rival on the market for ink and dyeing products.

Heleh Lifurloa

If the Clera Fula signifies the start of the rainy season, the Heleh Lifurloa signifies the end. Its root system works tirelessly to help drain the land and stabilize the ground in the wake of the rainy season. In the dry months, however, it's nowhere to be seen. By what process it disappears has yet to be directly observed, but in particularly wet years when the Heleh Lifurloas are far and few in between, they are sometimes seen all year round, vanishing only when the ground around it is sufficiently drained.

It has long, string-like sticky pistils with which to collect wind-blown pollen as Heleh Lifurloas tend not to grow close together. It stores water in its stem, leaves, petals and tubers, which, aside from the petals, all share a glassy appearance. The leaves and tubers swell the more water they collect and shrink as the plant uses it up. The tubers can be shaped to create beautiful, decorative pieces. The leaves and stems are not so easily manipulated, but nevertheless make elegant, decorative pieces if caught before their mysterious disappearance.

The corolla is sometimes plucked to be used as a decorative container, similar to a Jara Flora. The nectar is used to sweeten tea themed around the flower during the Tea Festival. The leaves, stem and tubers can be melted and boiled down to create a slightly sweet syrup as well, but as the initial melted plant is full of water, it usually takes quite a while to boil it down to a syrup, and few parts of the plant are edible without processing. The pistils are trimmed and used to add a sweet, herbal note to tea themed around the plant.

Higehige Plant

A houseplant domesticated in Reline Ah, the Higehige Plant was first discovered as a wild vine that grew along the ground. With a little care, it came to be cultivated indoors. As Reline Ah can be rather rainy, watering it is often as easy as setting the flowerpot outside for a bit. Due to the long dry seasons in northern Wing Alayna, it never quite took off there, and remains to be something enjoyed only by the resident Flower Buddys of Reline Ah.

Hariana Kanmia

The Hariana Kanmia is said to be the origin of all the other Hariana species, including Hariana Stratasa (featured here around the Hariana Kanmia). There is only one known Kanmia, and similar to how the Magna Subariana is thought to be the heart of the Great Buddy Lake, the Kanmia is thought to be the heart of all other Harianas, and if something were to befall it, calamity would befall the entire genus. This is of course speculation, but it keeps the lone specimen protected from careless Kitonyas, Neonyas, and children nonetheless.

The Hariana Kanmia can be found only in Fuline Ah, deep in the continent in a field of other Hariana species, such as plain Harianas, Stratasas and Blosomas.

Twis-tia Petalia

Twis-tia Petalias were a once wild flowers that have been cultivated to grow in all sorts of different colors. The flower produces a nectar that hardens when exposed to air, producing a hard-candy-like substance within its flowers. The Twis-tia Petalia's close relative, the Sweetea Bundalia, does something similar, but has been cultivated to produce a hardening chocolate-like nectar instead of the honey-like substance that Twis-tia Petalias produce. As efforts to increase the number of Twis-tia Petalia and Sweetea Bundalia in JI continue, their delicious fruits can be expected to spread around JI as well.

Magna Submariana

There is currently only one known specimen of the Magna Submariana, and it exists in the Great Buddy Lake. It is thought to be as old as the lake itself and to hold some great significance to it. Though its role is not fully understood, its other name is Magna Cortiana, and historical records refer to it as "The Heart of the Great Buddy Lake." Locals revere it and dare not touch it, believing calamity may befall the lake were anything to happen to the Magna Submariana deep within it.