- For other uses, see Borgia.
A piece of Borgia plant.
The Borgia plant (or Borgia root) is a poisonous plant native to planet M-113, and faintly resembled a mummified parsnip.
The plant contains an alkaloid poison which is similar to the nightshade variety of plants that were native to Earth, and had a chemical structure similar to plants from many class M planets. The plants were originally discovered by Professor Robert Crater in 2261, and experiments on the plant revealed that the roots' poisonous properties were only a danger to mice. The plant was also known to produce a pleasant odor which was similar to tapioca.
In 2266, the M-113 creature, posing as Nancy Crater, blamed the death of USS Enterprise crewman Scott Darnell on him having eaten a piece of Borgia plant. However, this statement was later proven to be false by Commander Spock and Dr. Leonard McCoy. (TOS episode & novelization: The Man Trap)
External link[]
- Borgia plant article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.