Chikurri

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A critically-endangered wetlands plant native to Paperweight, the chikurri has a long and red-skinned fleshy root pockmarked with deeply recessed seed pots, large and velvety green leaves that curl into a protective sphere, growing more pale and more crisp as the chlorophyll sees less use inside the center of the plant. Botanical assistance is needed to remove the seeds from the root and replant them in soft, wet soils, as the conditions required for its growth are no longer found across the majority of the planet, restricting this plant to domestic greenhouses.

The root is often sliced and used as a tasty and peppery snack, while its leaves are dried and boiled to make a tea-like brew that is also called chikurri, whose caffeine-rich brew is said to be earthy and floral, with none of the bitterness found in karaffee, the sector's favorite caffeinated beverage of choice.