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Herbabaculum Vidae Plant Sample

A deceptively ordinary plant resembling Earth soya beans but with a subtle sheen to its broad, trifoliate leaves. Peri plucks a cluster of these pods from the overgrown Necros plantation, her fingers brushing their smooth, slightly waxy surfaces as the Doctor immediately identifies their dangerous potential through agricultural parallels. The pods exude a faint metallic tang when snapped open, their interior veins pulsing with an unnatural violet bioluminescence while the Doctor warns of their engineered toxicity.
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S22E12 · Revelation of the Daleks Part 1
Doctor and Peri examine deadly plant

The Herbabaculum vitae plant is discovered by Peri, who carefully plucks one of its flowers while the Doctor identifies it by name and compares it to Earth's soya bean. The Doctor initially cites its similarity to familiar food sources, unaware of its true, sinister function in Necros's biological experiments. The plant's exterior harmlessness contrasts sharply with the violent attack that follows.

Before: Growing normally in the bioengineered Necros foliage as part of Davros's corrupted agricultural experiments
After: Plucked by Peri, now in her possession as a sample, its true engineered nature still unknown to the travelers
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