Merrybean
A decorative plant that is also used as a drug.
Basic Information
Anatomy
The legume plant has broad stalks that typically wrap around trees or artificial structures. Its dark green leaves fan out into eight rounded tips.
The seeds grow in long, thin pods of a yellowish green, and it produces small, reddish-purple blossoms that hang down like cascades.
Biological Traits
Selective breeding or Plant Turning can be used to emphasize certain traits or limit others. Subspecies typicall vary in coloration or leaf shape, or the length of the vines.
Other people focus on its use as a recreational drug. In that case, the plants are encouraged to develop greater amounts of the emotion-altering substances. Small, subtly colored specimens are preferred, both for using one's plantation space more efficiently and for hiding them from law enforcement.
Ecology and Habitats
The plant grows deep in deciduous forests where sunlight is scarce. By climbing tree trunks, the legume can reach it more easily.
Additional Information
Domestication
The plants can easily be grown from seeds during spring. They have few requirements regarding the soil and nutrition, which makes them ideal for cultivation in urban environments.
Uses, Products & Exploitation
It is primarily used for decoration, thanks to the cascading flowers. For example, people often line balconies with potted plants or let them grow around columns.
Besides that, it is used for medicinal purposes. The pods contain a substance that affects one's emotions positively, which makes it attractive for painkillers.
However, higher doses can cause massive changes to one's emotive reasoning. People tend to make ill-informed choices, hurting themselves or others in the process. Many also become addicted to the heightened mood and will consume it repeatedly. Therefore, the ingestion of the raw pods is heavily discouraged by authorities, and declared illegal in certain regions or situations.
Lifespan
1 year
Average Height
3-5 meters
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