Treasures

Native Imarel Flora - by T.A. Saunders, B.Kellestine, K.Johnson v3

This shrub is made up of a whole host of small angular red leaves with blue veins that cling to rather thorny rough blue branches. This bush has not been seen for hundreds of years when people literally smoked it into extinction. The leaves of the bush are particularly pungent with a deep heady kind of smoky scent that clings and lingers on the skin when they are fresh. Picking the leaves puts blue stain on the skin. When the leaves are dried they make the most velvety tobacco, light and flavorful with notes of deep spice. There's no additive or benefit to the smoking or use of these leaves but when the fresh leaves are soaked in water and used for tea the drink has the same kind of spicy taste and works very well to bring energy to the drinker. (contributed by K. Johnson)