Board Thread:Community-endorsed Suggestions/@comment-67.197.215.234-20170608204105

So I basically have three ideas of different jungle plants (for the jungles of Far Harad, of course), each of which are described in detail below. This suggestion is derived from my feeling that the jungle needs more diversity, especially in the realms of food and drink. Please leave helpful comments below - I would be glad to consider them.

Manioc:

For those who do not know, manioc (or cassava) is a sweet-potato-like tuber that naturally grows in many jungle areas such as South America. It is used as a primary food source by some people groups in such areas.

Manioc would be 1 ½ blocks tall (non-solid), with a bushy appearance. It would grow wild in the Far Harad Jungle. When it is harvested it yields 0-3 manioc roots. These roots can be planted in hoed jungle mud (only jungle mud, not regular dirt), and will go through the normal growing stage. In the final stage of growth they will achieve a height similar to their wild one, though perhaps slightly shorter. Harvesting this cultivated version yields 1-4 (and possibly rarely five) manioc roots. When eaten, raw manioc roots can give a player a range of effects, or none of them: hunger, nausea, or poison. Each effect would last for probably around 30 seconds, if incurred. They also restore one and a half hunger pops. In order to consume manioc roots safely, they must first be cooked in a Tauredain cooking pot. These pots would be able to cook three slots at the same time, and would be crafted with the same recipe as a bucket, but with two sticks beneath the outer iron pieces (or you can think of it as an unsmeltry without the cobble at the bottom), on a Tauredain crafting table. When cooked, manioc roots yield cooked manioc, which restores 6 hunger points upon consumption.



Sago (pronounced “say-go”) Palm Trees:

These trees are also real world trees that are harvested and eaten in a similar way as described below by various peoples throughout the pacific.

These trees would bear much resemblance to date palms, with the same spreading-leaf pattern, only being three to four blocks taller than most date trees. They would be found in the Far Harad Mangrove and rarely in the Far Harad Jungle, mostly near rivers or bodies of water. They would have a light-colored inside – probably a pale-ish yellow in color, like the beech tree. When the wood is harvested, it could (of coarse) be made into wood products (like planks, stairs, etc.), or it can be made into “sago pulp” when put into a Tauredain crafting table. This pulp would have a granular look, and be the same light color as the wood. When cooked in the Tauredain cooking pot, sago pulp produces “sago paste.” Sago paste would restore 5-6 hunger points, and resemble lembas in appearance, having a wrapping of leaves covering it.



Coconut Palm Trees:

These trees would look very similar to date trees, but with a height more similar to sago trees, or even taller. Coconuts would grow off the leaves near the trunk, similar to the way dates do (except they would actually hang off the leaf blocks, not the trunk). The items would not have a total brown appearance, as they would retain some green coloring. A coconut may be eaten, once harvested, restoring six hunger points, making it a valuable food source. When placed in a crafting table alone, coconuts can be made into coconut shell cups, which would function the same as any other drinking vessel. Coconut trees would spawn in Near Harad Fertile and Oasis areas, and well as rarely across the rest of Far Harad (with the exception of Pertorogwaith), similarly to Banana trees.

Well there it is, hope y'all enjoy!  