Plants
From Lostpedia
The Island is home to a wide variety of plants. Below is a list of the fruit and vegetation in Lost.
Storyline
Plants have figured directly into the storyline of Lost on several occasions.
- Banyan trees, also known as "strangler figs" (Ficus benghalensis), start their life as an epiphyte when its seeds germinate in the cracks and crevices on a host tree, or on structures like buildings and bridges.
- Banyan trees have been repeatedly featured, usually as shelter from danger such as polar bears or the smoke monster. ("Exposé")
- Karl was hiding in a Banyan tree close to the Others' encampment. ("The Man Behind the Curtain")
- Charlie was hanged by Ethan Rom from a Banyan tree. ("All The Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues")
- Among the vegetation are fruit-bearing mango, papaya, and guava plants. There are also bananas, passionfruit, coconuts, and carambola up on the hill. They all have been used as food by the Losties. ("Hearts and Minds")
- Sun created a garden. ("Hearts and Minds")
- Sun created a plant remedy of crushed eucalyptus leaves to help Shannon overcome an asthma attack. ("Confidence Man")
- A notable plant in Sun's Garden is the Aloe Vera. Sun used aloe plants like toothpaste ("Walkabout") and to treat rashes ("Solitary"). Eko treated cuts with aloe leaves ("...And Found") and Jack applied them on Juliet's mark. ("Stranger in a Strange Land")
- Locke's drug that he used to send Boone into a hallucinogenic state was derived from plants. ("Hearts and Minds")
- The raft is made from many bamboo sticks. ("Special")
- Mr. Eko made a stick with Bible verses from a branch on the beach. ("Orientation")
- Sawyer is carried on a makeshift stretcher made of sticks. ("Abandoned")
- Ana-Lucia killed Goodwin with a stick. ("The Other 48 Days")
- Mr. Eko builds a church out of logs. ("Fire + Water")
- A tree was used by Kate, Sayid, and Locke to traverse over the sonar fence. ("Par Avion")
- Objects have been found overhead in trees, such as the Pilot, Charlie's guitar, and the Balloon. The plot device used is that the object is nowhere to be seen, but a character has not thought yet to look straight up.
- The entrance to The Arrow, The Staff, and The Swan were covered by an overgrowth of plants.
