Jamna

Jamna is a large, edible flower that is a staple within Magdoran food culture, with its first widespread use occuring shortly after the Titan occupation of the planet begun.

Physiology
The jamna plant forms a large, stemless "flower" of chlorophyllic (and edible) tissue, with a small bed of exposed roots protecting the flower from ground contact. Unusually, the flower's chlorophyll has taken on an alternative absorption method, and is blue in colour as opposed to the standard yellowish-green of Magdoran plants.

The leaves of the flower are dense with sugar and carbohydrates, becoming thicker as the plant matures, though many modern plants will die shortly after reaching their peak size. Wild plants however can remain at this size indefinitely, with their sizes typically fluctuating as a result of periods of malnutrition, particularly during dry months.

Jamna plants are best suited to tropical environments like that of the Yirisi region of Magdora, in central Venkalans. Wild plants can still be found in the untouched jungles, however much of the territory was taken over by farms dedicated to jamna and plants like it.

As Food
Jamna's primary purpose is as a food item, however must be prepared in order to be considered safe.

Unprepared jamna is bitter, and contains trace amounts of toxic compounds, as well as other unprocessed compounds leeched from the soil it fed on. With careful soil management, it is possible to mitigate the toxic element- but the taste remains, typically rendering such an act not worthwhile.

Originally, jamna was prepared by sun-drying or baking the flower leaves, or cut segments thereof. If baked, the leaves would become a subtly sweet and juicy flesh, occasionally compared to a fatty meat in composition. If completely dried, however, it becomes more like a jerky- though loses most of its sweetness.

Eventually it was discovered that jamna could be used for bread making, however- the flowers would often become infected with fungi as part of their natural life, but exposing them to a particular strain of said fungi allowed for the mashed up leaves to be processed into a rising dough, which when baked would become a soft and sweet bread. While other plants could also be used for breadmaking on Magdora, jamna would quickly gain a wide popularity, partly because of cultivated jamna plants having their yeast within the plant itself.