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Plant native to [[Borca]], found exclusively in cultivated gardens. Among the areas it has been successfully transplanted to is Paridon, where it is used by [[doppleganger]] communities who impregnate human women.
'''Silphium''' is a [[plant]] [[native]] to [[Borca]]. It is now all but extinct in the wild, such was the demand for it, but it may be found in gardens, where it is a commonplace. Silphium has been transplanted successfully to, among other places, [[Paridon]]. Its [[Silphium Resin|resin]] is of particular use to the [[Dread Doppelganger|dread doppelganger]] community.  


== Properties ==
[[Silphium Resin|Silphium resin]] is a [[poison]], a [[drug]], and a [[medication]] derived from the silphium. It is popular as a general curative of some effect again minor ailments. Its principle merit, however, is as a means of [[Birth Control|birth control]] when dissolved in [[wine]]. Siphium resin prevents [[conception]] and it terminates, within several days at most, any existing [[pregnancy]]. It is used by the [[Dread Doppelganger|dread doppelgangers]] of [[Paridon]] to terminate doppelganger-pregnancies or to prepare a women for such a pregnancy.


Silphium resin is popular as a general curative, but most effective as a means of women's birth control when dissolved in wine. 
[[Category:Canon]]
[[Category:Medicinal Plant]]
[[category:Poisonous Plant]]
[[Category:Plant]]
[[Category:abortifacient]]
[[Category:Cause of Abortion]]
[[Category:Flora of Borca]]
[[Category:Flora of Paridon]]


Used by dopplegangers to eliminate an unwanted doppelganger-pregnancy or prepare a woman to receive one.
==Sources==
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''[[Gazetteer IV]]'' - p134<br />
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''[[Gazetteer IV]]'' - pp134<br />
''[[Van Richten's Guide to Doppelgangers (Book)]]'' - p124<br />
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Latest revision as of 09:15, 22 March 2013

Silphium is a plant native to Borca. It is now all but extinct in the wild, such was the demand for it, but it may be found in gardens, where it is a commonplace. Silphium has been transplanted successfully to, among other places, Paridon. Its resin is of particular use to the dread doppelganger community.

Silphium resin is a poison, a drug, and a medication derived from the silphium. It is popular as a general curative of some effect again minor ailments. Its principle merit, however, is as a means of birth control when dissolved in wine. Siphium resin prevents conception and it terminates, within several days at most, any existing pregnancy. It is used by the dread doppelgangers of Paridon to terminate doppelganger-pregnancies or to prepare a women for such a pregnancy.

Sources

Gazetteer IV

Gazetteer IV - p134

Gazetteer IV - pp134
Van Richten's Guide to Doppelgangers (Book) - p124