Zaerkee

A plant native to Jonkeer.

Most of the common anagathic drugs do not work well for the Jonkeereen. However, the zaerkee plant has become one of the staples of the Jonkeereen diet for its anagathic properties, which only seem to work for the race in question; other Humans appear to gain no benefit by ingesting the plant.

Zaerkee grows only on Jonkeer, so those Jonkeereen who live off-world must have the plant shipped to them if they want to extend their lives. No-one has yet been successful in growing the plant offworld. There have been attempts made to recreate the essential compounds synthetically, but these have also not succeeded.

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• Rob Caswell. MegaTraveller Journal 3 (Digest Group Publications, 1992), 92.