70-509: [REDACTED] Look up dor in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. DOR , Dor , or DoR may refer to: Computer games and characters [ edit ] Advance Wars: Days of Ruin , a turn-based tactics video game for the Nintendo DS Dor, a magician in the fictional Xanth universe; see Magicians of Xanth WWE Day of Reckoning ,
140-552: A Mundanian prison. He is an acting-king during the reign of Trent . In Night Mare , when Arnolde is ninety-eight, he is for a short time, a centaur king. During his reign, he declares that Sorceresses are merely female Magicians, and therefore eligible to serve as Kings of Xanth. In Golem in the Gears , Arnolde reveals that when he carries reverse wood , he is able to create an aisle of non-magic in Xanth. The true nature of Arnolde's talent
210-731: A Nintendo Gamecube video game Geography [ edit ] Dör , a village in Hungary Dor, Iran , a village in Isfahan Province, Iran Dor, Israel , a moshav in northern Israel Ein Dor , a kibbutz in northern Israel Tel Dor , an archaeological site in Israel on the site of Dor or Dora, an ancient royal city of the Canaanites Dori Airport , an airport in Burkina Faso with
280-466: A Pedestal . She served as king pro-tem during the reign of Trent . Iris is the Sorceress of Illusion . She can create illusions in all of the five senses, including illusions of silence and invisibility, and hold them in place with minimal effort. Her illusion can exist a short way into the non-magical realm. Iris possesses a devious and keen intellect. She is a Queen of Xanth by her marriage to Trent. She
350-517: A cardiac surgery treatment for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy Earth-boring dung beetle , or dor beetles, of the family Geotrupidae Delta-opioid receptors, a receptor that has enkephalins as its endogenous ligand Dor , a cultivar of Karuka Field biology acronym for Dead On the Road Other uses [ edit ] Day of Remembrance (disambiguation) Department of Revenue (disambiguation) Directly Operated Railways ,
420-541: A holding company of the UK Department of Transport to run rail franchises that require public ownership Dor (political party) , an Israeli pensioners' party D. Or. used in legal citations for United States District Court for the District of Oregon Dance-oriented rock or dance-rock, a genre dance-infused rock music Dor (film) , a Hindi film directed by Nagesh Kukunoor See also [ edit ] Dors ,
490-766: A master of information is recounted in Question Quest . Humfrey believes his magical abilities are not those of a Magician, and so he studies for a degree in magic at Demon University in order to validate his title of Magician . Humfrey was a king pro-tem during Trent 's reign. He lives in the Good Magician's Castle, the former Castle Zombie. It is an enchanted place that provides easy access for Humfrey, but any visitor must face three challenges posed by him. Visitors must prove their worthiness to approach Humphrey with their queries. Karuka The karuka ( Pandanus julianettii , also called karuka nut and Pandanus nut )
560-437: A medium potential for large-scale sustainable commercialization in the region, but care must be taken in the sensitive local environments to expanded agriculture. Diets of tree owners could also be negatively influenced by rapid commercialization. The endosperm , a white kernel, is eaten raw, roasted , smoked , or mumued . Nuts that aren't immediately eaten are typically sun-dried for storage. The karuka kernels have
630-404: A sharpened base, but typically are 9×1.5 cm, and are a pale blue-green color. Each cluster contains about 1000 nuts. The endocarp is bony and thin, 5½ cm long, with rounded edges about 1½ cm wide. The seed-bearing locule is around 4 cm long. The core of the mature head ( mesocarp ) has an appearance like honeycomb and is spongy and pink. The top of the mesocarp
700-479: A singer Aliases [ edit ] Rod McKuen (born 1933), who used Dor as a stage name on some 1950s recordings Science [ edit ] Deadly Orgone Radiation, a theory of Wilhelm Reich Delta-DOR , (or Δ-DOR for short), Differential One-Way Ranging, an interplanetary radio-tracking and navigation technique Diagnostic odds ratio , a statistical metric Dorado (constellation) , from its standard astronomical abbreviation Dor procedure ,
770-422: A single ellipsoid or ovoid syncarp , or fruiting head, with off-white bracts . Female flowers can produce fruit without pollination, and are typically the only trees cultivated. The tree stops making leaves when new fruit is growing. The syncarp has up to a thousand densely-packed single-celled carpels that later turn into drupes. The clavate , pentagonal drupes measure up to 12 cm long and have
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#1732844996155840-406: A small number of people in a single settlement. 'Tabuna' and 'Henga' are some of the most important. 'Tabuna' is popular because it is high-yielding, tastes good, and has no taboos on who/what can eat it and how/if it is cooked. At least two varieties are edible raw. Named varieties include: It is possible a cultivar is listed more than once under different names, as Papua New Guinea has
910-659: A surname Ben-Dor , a surname Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Dor . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dor&oldid=1250091303 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with given-name-holder lists Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Articles containing Angal Heneng-language text Short description
980-452: A sweet, coconut taste, or savory and like walnuts . Smoked or cooked karuka is either stored in the rafters or sold at local marketplaces. The uncooked clusters can also be stored for months buried in waterlogged earth, which possibly ferments it. It is a regional staple food and one of the few plants in the area with a high protein content. The spongy core of the multiple fruit cluster can also be cooked and eaten after
1050-425: A tinge of green and blue eyes like her mother, Harmony has brown eyes and hair like her father, and Rhythm has red hair and green eyes like her cousin, Dawn. Their magical ability allows them to create or enable anything they envision while playing music. If two of the three play together, the power is squared and if all three play, it is cubed. Melody hums, Harmony plays the harmonica and Rhythm beats her drum. Murphy
1120-470: A tree is at least five or six years old, and can keep producing for up to fifty years. The tree can tolerate temperatures down to 3 °C for extended periods and 0 °C for short periods. The USDA hardiness is 10–12, and is hardy to zone 10 in the UK system . In Upper Karint near Pingirip , karukas are planted as boundary lines between garden plots. In PNG's Central Province Premier Rugby League
1190-728: A very high linguistic diversity . Benjamin Clemens Stone posits that P. julianettii and P. brosimos are a single species with many varieties, but does not support this point. However, Simon G. Haberle notes that the pollen of the two trees are indistinguishable by light microscopy . P. iwen may also be part of the species complex . Giulianetti's type specimens were collected from Vanapa , British New Guinea (now southern Papua New Guinea ). The tree can be found cultivated or wild on New Guinea , both in PNG and Indonesia ( Central Papua & Highland Papua ). Wild trees are found on
1260-711: Is amo . The plant also has many names on the other half of the island. In Indonesian it is called pandan kelapa ( lit. coconut pandan ) and kelapa hutan ( forest coconut ), but these names can also refer to P. brosimos and P. iwen . According to field research by Kiwo et al. in Melagineri District, Lanny Jaya , the Lani people call it gawin , with woromo for P. brosimos , owandak for P. Iwen . Meanwhile according to field research by Zebua et al. in Pirime District, Lanny Jaya, woromo
1330-445: Is a powerful magician bird. He is able to make an illusion real or make reality an illusion, but he cannot repeat such a transformation: that is, he cannot reverse the "real-ness" of something he has already reversed. Rempel is a centaur magician whose talent is to know the talents of others. He is introduced in Xone of Contention . Sea Hag is the Sorceress of Immortality and a member of
1400-648: Is a protagonist in Heaven Cent and Isle of View . Magician Dor is the son of Bink and Chameleon . He served as king pro-tem during Trent's reign. Dor is able to make inanimate objects, such as rocks, clouds, water, and bones, speak. He is married to Irene . The stork delivered them two children, Princess Ivy and Prince Dolph and they have a third child with magical ability, Princess Ida . Dor appears in Castle Roogna , Centaur Aisle , Ogre, Ogre , and Night Mare . Through her magic, Eve knows all about
1470-453: Is a species of tree in the screwpine family ( Pandanaceae ) and an important regional food crop in New Guinea . The nuts are more nutritious than coconuts , and are so popular that villagers in the highlands will move their entire households closer to trees for the harvest season. The species was originally described by Ugolino Martelli from only a few drupes in the collections of
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#17328449961551540-451: Is able to "adapt" the magic of living things, changing it into a similar but distinct form of magic. He built the castle which was named for him and which became the home of the monarchy of Xanth in A Spell for Chameleon . Roogna is married to Taplin, Merlin's daughter. Rana, the Magician of Creation , was the third king and the first female King of Xanth. She ruled from 286 to 325. She is
1610-630: Is also the first contemporary female King of Xanth. Iris is the mother of Irene. She is a protagonist in A Spell for Chameleon and Night Mare . Later in the series, she makes a rejuvenated appearance in Geis of the Gargoyle . Ivy is the Sorceress of Enhancement . She can enhance people and objects; for example, by improving their endurance and aim. Ivy is capable of enhancing any quality she desires, or even to make things as she unconsciously perceives them; for example, when she first met Humphrey's son Hugo, who
1680-476: Is composed of the Kings of Xanth in order of their reign. This does not include the magicians that served as king pro-tem (Bink, Dor, Irene) during the reign of King Trent unless they had previously served formally. Merlin, the first King of Xanth and Magician of Knowledge , reigned from 204. He married Tapis; their children are Jonathan and Taplin. Roogna, the second King of Xanth, reigned from 228 until 286. Roogna
1750-541: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Magicians of Xanth#Dor The following is a list of characters in the Xanth series by Piers Anthony . The Magicians of Xanth are a subset of fictional characters from the Xanth series of fantasy genre novels by Piers Anthony (b. 1934). The Magicians are usually humans. They possess powerful magical abilities, and so are
1820-462: Is fibrous, from 3 cm long and up. Though Martelli did not have a complete syncarp, he knew the cluster of fruit must be large, estimating at least 30 cm in diameter. He was correct, as the fruiting cluster is typically 15 to 30 cm in diameter. A mature head and stalk weigh up to 16 kg, but average 6 kg. but weights up to sixty pounds ((27,3 kilograms) have been reported. It most closely resembles P. utilissimus , which
1890-555: Is found the Philippines . People also harvest and eat nuts of P. antaresensis , P. brosimos , P. dubius , P. iwen , and P. limbatus , and P. odoratissima The specific epithet " julianettii " honors naturalist Amedeo Giulianetti , who found the original type specimens . Karuka is a loanword from Tok Pisin . Sometimes the tree is called ' karuga ' or 'karuka nut pandanus'. The term 'karuka' can apply to both Pandanus julianettii and P. brosimos , though
1960-556: Is generally smooth with occasional warts or small knobs as well as rings of leaf scars . Inside the trunk is pithy and lacking cambium . The top of the tree sometimes branches, producing three or four crowns of leaves. Each crown will produce a single cluster of nuts, typically once every other season. Production is affected by the seasonality of local rainfall. Leaves spiral up the trunk in opposite pairs. The large leathery leaves are 3–4 metres (9.8–13.1 ft) long and 8–12 centimetres (3.1–4.7 in) wide. The apex of
2030-521: Is introduced in Demons Don't Dream , in the company of his friend Dug Mundane, and returns in Currant Events , where he discovers his magical ability. Surprise was the Sorceress of Talents who can use any magical ability, but only once. However, by using her imagination, she is able to endlessly reproduce any effect. Her parents were Grundy Golem and Rapunzel. Surprise was just that to her parents, as
2100-599: Is revealed in Currant Events . Bink is the Magician of Magical Invulnerability and the main character in the first two novels of the Xanth series, A Spell for Chameleon and The Source of Magic . He is the son of Roland of the High Council and Bianca. He serves as king pro-tem during Trent's reign. Bink is banished for not possessing a magic talent when, in fact, he does possess magical ability. Bink's magic does not want to be known because, if it were, those of non-magical means would injure Bink and his family, with
2170-506: Is the Magician who Makes Things Go Wrong. He unsuccessfully challenged for the monarchy and was exiled for a time, and returned to Xanth with a promise of allegiance. Murphy has a son, Grey , with Sorceress Vadne . Murphy first appeared in Castle Roogna . He has served as king pro tem during Dor's reign. Paxti is a magician who creates enchanted paths that can prevent the passage of any creature. He appears in Cube Route . Ragna Roc
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2240-406: Is the Sorceress of Topology : she can change the shape of an object without altering its size, mass, or intrinsic properties. She married Magician Murphy and they had a son, Magician Grey . Dor decreed her ability to be Magician-level. The Kings of Xanth are humans who possess a magical talent that is strong enough for them to be classified as a Magician, a pre-requisite for the role. This list
2310-500: Is the Sorceress of Plants . She was able to create a massive arboreal defence about Castle Roogna. When she was King of Xanth, Arnold Centaur decreed her magical ability 'Magician level'. Irene is the daughter of Trent and Iris . Her husband is Dor and her children, raised under her stern eye, are Ivy, Ida, and Dolph. Irene succeeded her mother, Iris, as a female King of Xanth. Irene was a protagonist in Centaur Aisle and Dragon on
2380-435: Is the caretaker of every conceivable and inconceivable idea. The chain of moons extends to Mundania and cycles back to Ida herself. In the later books of the Xanth series, a visit to Ida is highly desired. Ilene is the Sorceress of Making Illusions Real . For instance, she is able to make an illusion of maturity an actuality. Ilene is the daughter of Iris and Trent (after their rejuvenation). The beautiful, green haired Irene
2450-530: Is the father of the triplet Sorceresses, Melody, Harmony, and Rhythm . On Ptero, a moon of Ida, when Grey is older, he is known as the royal consort because his wife, Ivy, is a future King of Xanth. Captain of Xanth's star-ship, the Beta, during a dream voyage to rescue centaur expedition Alpha in Board Stiff from Demoness Fornax. Grundy was a sarcastic doll-sized golem made out of string and clay by Magician Humfrey. He
2520-570: Is the twin sister of Princess Ivy , although this may have been the result of her own talent. In Knot Gneiss , Ida weds Prince Hilarion. A small moon called Ptero orbits over her, holding every person in Xanth there ever was or might be. The Ida on Ptero has another moon (Pyramid) where the inhabitants use a barter system that results in givers gaining size and receivers losing size. This Ida has Torus, whose Ida has Cone, whose Ida has Dumbbell, and so on. This continues into infinity, with each moon having different shapes, inhabitants, and rules. Thus, Ida
2590-665: Is unclear which dialect(s). In the Kewa pandanus language it is rumala agaa . The Kalam language term, in both standard and pandanus languages, is alŋaw , but it can also be called kumi or snay . The plant is called ama in the Wiru language . In the Pole language it's called maisene . It goes by ank in Angal language , and aenk in the Wola dialect. The Imbongu language word
2660-901: Is unknown, but the flowers can be pollinated by humans. Seed dispersal is by humans, birds , and other animals . According to the Kalam people of Madang Province , the Lorentz's mosaic-tailed rat ( Paramelomys lorentzii ) helps spread karuka seeds. A fallen syncarp will disintegrate completely in about 3 days in the forest. Fungal pests of karuka include leaf spot , diffuse leaf spot , black leaf mould ( Lembosia pandani ), sooty mold ( Meliola juttingii ), and fungus on seeds ( Macrophoma pandani ). The leaf moulds do not do much damage. The sooty mould seems to grow on insect frass . The black leaf mold only affects some varieties. The bacteria Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum can also cause bacterial soft rot and necrosis on
2730-582: Is used to refer to P. Iwen , while in another study in Jayawijaya , the Lani used woromo for P. julianettii with the Dani people call it tuke , hence the names have been used interchangeably by multiple publications from different regions and might be a separate species in the complex . There are up to 45 cultivars of karuka, many with different kernel shapes. There are likely many more, as some are known only to
2800-930: The Huon Peninsula and in the highlands of New Guinea's central cordillera . In Papua New Guinea, the tree is most commonly grown in Southern Highlands , Western Highlands , Eastern Highlands , Enga , and Chimbu Provinces , and it is found in all provinces on the mainland except East Sepik . It grows in montane forests between 1,300 and 3,300 m in elevation in areas that get 2–5 m mean annual precipitation . It grows in both dry and wet soils, but prefers good soil fertility. Trees will grow in clumped groups of 5 to 10 individuals per hectare. Karuka produces fruit around February, with an occasional secondary season in July. Typically each branch will only flower every other year. The natural pollination syndrome
2870-660: The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew He was hesitant to describe it as a new species from only that, but the characteristics were so salient he published his description. The tree is dioecious (individual plants either have male flowers or female ones), with male trees uncommon compared to females. It reaches 10–30 metres (33–98 ft) in height, with a grey trunk of 30 centimetres (12 inches) in diameter and supported by prop roots or flying buttress roots up to forty feet (twelve meters) in length and six inches (15 cm) or more in diameter.. The trunk has white mottling and
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2940-589: The subsection named Karuka , which is in the monotypic section also named Karuka . In New Guinea it has different names among each of the Papuan peoples . In the Ankave language it is xweebo . It is yase in the Baruya language . The Huli language word is anga , and it is also anga in the Duna language . In Kewa language it is aga , but it
3010-602: The Gourd. His predecessor was the Magician of Talents who assigned the talent of cursing to all the descendants of the original Curse Fiends. The character is introduced in Up In A Heaval . Tapis was the Sorceress of Tapestry . She created enchanted tapestries, including one decorating Castle Roogna . Tapis was the wife of Merlin and the mother of Jonathan and Taplin, and took in Electra. Vadne
3080-1288: The IATA code DOR Dorset , county in England, Chapman code People [ edit ] Given name [ edit ] Dor Bahadur Bista (born ca. 1924–1926), Nepalese anthropologist, social scientist and activist Dor Daniel (born 1982), Israeli singer songwriter Dor Elo (born 1993), Israeli football player D'or Fischer (born 1981), American-Israeli basketball player Dor Guez (born ca. 1980), Israeli artist and scholar Dor Hugi (born 1995), Israeli football player Dor Malul (born 1989), Israeli football player Dor Micha (born 1992), Israeli football player Dor Peretz (born 1995), Israeli football player Surname [ edit ] Friðrik Dór (born 1988), Icelandic R&B and pop singer and songwriter Georges Dor (1931–2001), Québécois author, composer, playwright, singer, poet, translator, theatrical producer and director Gil Dor (born 1952), Israeli guitar player Henri Dor (1835–1912), Swiss ophthalmologist Jacqueline Dor (1929–1972), French film actress Karin Dor (1936–2017), German actress Milo Dor (1923–2005), Serbian-Austrian author Rena Dor (1917–2000), Greek actress and
3150-548: The animate. She is the daughter of Dolph and Electra. She and her twin, Eve , appear in Faun & Games . In Well-Tempered Clavicle , she marries Pick a Bone. Her children with him are a human boy named Piton and a skeleton girl named Data. Dolph is the Magician of Metamorphosis . He has the power to transform and shapeshift into anything. His parents are Dor and Irene . Dolph was engaged to Nada Naga but chose to marry Electra. His twin sorceress daughters are Dawn and Eve . He
3220-482: The dead of Xanth. He himself was once a zombie. Jonathan is the son of King Merlin and Sorceress Tapis. He is married to Millie the Ghost; they have twin children, Hiatus and Lacuna. He appears in Castle Roogna , Night Mare , and Centaur Aisle . He was twice king pro-tem for Trent. Vortex, the Magician of Demon Summoning , became the seventh King of Xanth in 478. Neytron, the Magician who Brings Paintings to Life ,
3290-463: The fifteenth King of Xanth, was a ghost who could create ghosts. He was exorcised by the people of Xanth after forty-three years in power. Ebnez became the sixteenth King of Xanth in 909. He is able to adapt magical inanimate items. Ebnez married Mnem and their daughters are the Muses . He adapted a stone to make an impenetrable magical field about Xanth, which was removed by order of King Trent. Humfrey,
3360-504: The first human colony of Xanth. On her death, Sea Hag inhabits and possesses another male or female body. The character is introduced in Golem in the Gears and given further explanation in Question Quest and The Dastard . Sherlock is the Magician of Reversal who can reverse the nature or characteristics of any person or object. His wife is Clio and his adopted child is Ciriana. Sherlock
3430-563: The inanimate. She is the daughter of Dolph and Electra. She and her twin sister, Dawn , appear in Faun & Games and in Jumper Cable , where they fight over a boy. Grey is the Magician of Magic Nullification . This means he can nullify magic near him and then restore it stronger than it was before. He is the son of Magician Murphy and Neo-Sorceress Vadne . He married Sorceress Ivy , who rescued him from Mundania in Man from Mundania . He
3500-479: The latter is usually called 'wild karuka'. Both species, as well as P. dubius , can be called 'pandanus nut'. In addition to P. brosimos , 'wild karuka' can also refer to P. antaresensis , P. iwen , and P. limbatus , but nuts from these trees are a much smaller part of the local diet. In contexts where multiple karuka species are discussed, P. julianettii is sometimes termed 'planted karuka'. P. julianettii , P. iwen , and P. brosimos are also in
3570-445: The leaf is attenuate and doubly-pleated, with prickles pointing up at the tip and along the margins and midrib . The leaves are dark green on top and dull cyan underneath. The inflorescence on male trees is a densely-branched spadix with a dozen long spikes, each containing many staminate phalanges. In each phalange is a column 3 mm long topped by up to 9 subsessile anthers . The male flowers are white, and
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#17328449961553640-412: The leaves, but causes more severe damage to the related species Pandanus conoideus . Bush crickets are serious insect pests, including Segestes gracilis and Segestidea montana , which eat the leaves and can sometimes kill trees. Growers will stuff leaves and grass in between the leaves of the crown to keep insects out. An unknown species of black grub will burrow into the cluster and eat
3710-425: The magic being indirectly responsible. Hence, in order to keep itself hidden, Bink's magic works in quiet ways, by seeming coincidence, and very few people know of it. For example, it causes an invisible giant to walk by just as Bink was to reveal his magic whilst under a truth spell. Furthermore, Bink's magic protects him, making him seem an unusually lucky man. Dawn's magical ability allows her to know anything about
3780-414: The mother of Rune . Reitas, the Magician of Problem Solving , was the fourth King of Xanth, reigning from 325 to 350. Despite his title, he created problems. Rune, the Magician of Evocation , was the fifth King of Xanth . He ruled from 350 to 378. Rune's mother was Rana . Jonathan, the sixth King of Xanth, the Magician of Zombies or Zombie master , reigned from 378 to 478. He is able to re-animate
3850-414: The nuts are removed. The high fat content means the nuts can be processed into an edible yellow oil . Karuka contains 52.39% oleic acid , 44.90% palmitic acid , and 0.19% stearic acid . The oil is a good source of Vitamin E ( α-tocopherol 5.03 mg/100 g). The color of the oil is from the carotenoids , which are at a concentration of 2.75 μg/g. The antioxidant activity for
3920-504: The oil is fairly low, and it is higher in saturated than unsaturated fats . Some subjective reports indicate that children are healthier after karuka season, but there may also be increased incidence of tropical ulcers and pig-bel (caused by Clostridium perfringens ). But the connections, if any, are unclear. Trunks and buttress roots are used for building. The sheets of bark are used for house walls. The leaves are used for bush shelters and raincapes . The leaves were
3990-457: The only humans who are able to take the role of King of Human Xanth . Magicians who are female may be called Sorceresses , but they may not become king. This article describes the Magicians of Xanth, who are listed alphabetically. Aeolus was delivered in 949. He became the eighteenth King of Human Xanth in 971, succeeding Humfrey. His talent was the control the weather. When he died in 1042, he
4060-512: The preferred building material for housing in Papua New Guinea before colonial contact. The durable white spathe leaves on male inflorescences are used by the Wola people to wrap pearl shells. Karuka can be cultivated by cutting a mature branch and replanting it ( vegetative propagation ). Suckers can also be replanted. Nurseries also plant seeds directly. New nuts will grow when
4130-650: The rural population) live in regions where karuka is commonly eaten. There is high demand for it in the New Guinea Highlands : Entire households (including pigs , who are sometimes fed the fruits ) will move from the valleys to higher elevations at harvest time, often for several weeks. Each household will average 12 to 176 trees. Trade in karuka is small-scale and not commercial. Local marketplaces typically will have 12 to 50 fruits for sale. With some coordination between state agencies and private sector, karuka could have export market access . The crop has
4200-504: The seventeenth King of Xanth, is the Magician of Information , also known as Good Magician Humfrey . He is an elderly, withered, gnome -like man with five and a half wives. Humfrey is very curious and has a good memory. He is said to possess all knowledge, but his magical talent is actually the ability to find the answers to all questions. In Heaven Cent it is implied that Humfrey's magical talent may be no more than that of locating other magic that may be of use to him. His story of becoming
4270-464: The spongy core, causing the nuts to turn black and the whole bunch to fall off the tree. Woodboring beetles sometimes attack the prop root of the tree. Possums also eat the nuts, as do rodents such as squirrel-toothed rats ( Anisomys imitator ), eastern white-eared giant rats ( Hyomys goliath ), Rothschild's woolly rats ( Mallomys rothschildi ), and giant naked-tailed rats ( Uromys anak ). Growers will put platforms or other obstacles on
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#17328449961554340-471: The stork delivered her when she was five. She was a central figure in Geis of the Gargoyle and Stork Naked . She has a daughter by Umlaut. In The Dastard , it is discovered that she can reuse talents she's used before, after a long time has passed but the Dastard "unhappens" this discovery. Tallyho is the Magician of Talents , who creates and assigns magical abilities to newly conceived babies. He lives in
4410-488: The triplets, Sorceresses Melody, Harmony, and Rhythm . Ivy is a protagonist in Dragon on a Pedestal , Crewel Lye: A Caustic Yarn , and Man from Mundania . Kadence is the Sorceress of Alignment who can make anything move in step, to a common beat. Her mother is Princess Rhythm and her father is Cyrus, the first cyborg in Xanth. The Triplet Sorceresses are the children of Ivy and Grey . Melody has blonde hair with
4480-460: The trunks of trees to keep the pests out. Harvested nuts are often beset by rats and cockroaches . Hanging nuts in the smoky areas above fires can prevent this, but after a while the taste of the nuts is affected. On New Guinea karuka is cultivated crop, and has been used as a major food source since nearly 31,000 years ago in the Pleistocene . In PNG nearly 2 million people (almost half
4550-401: The whole male flowering organ may be up to 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) long. The pollen has a psilate exine (unornamented outer wall) 0.8 μm thick. The ornamentation is granular between echinae (short spines). The ulcerate aperture is 3 μm in diameter. Pollen grains measure an average of 30 × 14.5 μm in size. On female trees, the inflorescence is
4620-437: Was Threnody. After her death, Yin-Yang remarried and had a son, Lord Bliss. Fid, whose talent was alchemy, was the twelfth King of Xanth. According to Question Quest , he is, at most, only half human. Quan, the Magician of Herbalism , was the thirteenth King of Xanth. His uncle was Muerte A. Fid . Elona, the Magician of Longevity , was the fourteenth King and second female King of Xanth. Her reign began in 797. Warren,
4690-441: Was described as mentally slow and had the talent to conjure rotten fruit, she enhanced his qualities while he was in her presence, making him more intelligent and giving him the ability to conjure ripe fruit, all because she perceived him as intelligent. Ivy is the daughter of Dor and Irene . She has blonde hair with a tinge of green (from her mother). Ivy's twin sister is Ida . Ivy is married to Magician Grey . Their children are
4760-481: Was given the ability to speak to any living creature, capable of understanding all languages from human to plants. Eventually he is turned into a real man by X(A/N) but retains his diminutive height. Ida is the Sorceress of the Idea : within limits, any idea presented to her may come to be. Ida must first believe that the idea will eventuate and the idea must come to her from someone who is unaware of her magical ability. Ida
4830-490: Was succeeded by Trent. Arnolde, a rare centaur magician, is introduced in Centaur Aisle . Initially, his talent is described as the ability to generate an aisle of magic around his body when he is in Mundania. When Arnolde is ninety, his magic is discovered and he is banished from Centaur Isle by his fellow centaurs. Arnolde is well regarded by humans; his magical ability enabled the rescue of King Trent and Queen Iris from
4900-500: Was the eighth King of Xanth. Nero, the Magician who Brings Golems to Life , was the ninth King of Xanth. Gromden, the tenth King of Xanth, is able to divine the history of any object he touches. His reign began in 623. While married to a curse fiend, he had a daughter, Threnody by a Demoness. Yin-Yang, eleventh King of Xanth, is able to create invokable spells. Yin is his good self, who creates spells of good alignment, and Yang his evil self, who creates spells of evil. His first wife
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