Senoti

The senoti was a species of tree native to the Outer Rim world New Canistel. The deep-rooted trees produced a sap that was used for medicinal purposes. The trees could also be found off New Canistel, in the Xenobotanical Garden of Garqi and growing wild on Endor. Endor's native Ewoks regarded the tree as holy due to its healing properties.

Biology and appearance
The senoti was a species of tree. It grew deep roots and required alkaline soil in order to thrive. Senoti seeds planted in acidic soil only grew into scrubby plants, if they survived at all. The senoti produced a watery sap, which had analgesic properties and could quell fevers.

History
The senoti was native to New Canistel, a planet of little historic or military significance located in the Demetras sector of the Outer Rim Territories. Several decades before the fall of the Galactic Empire, two Canistel AgriStar X-19 barges carrying senoti seed were lost in the Moddell sector, a region with significant navigational anomalies. Later, several senoti trees were found on the moon Endor. Xenoarborists hypothesized that one of these AgriStars crashed on Endor, distributing the seed. Only a few of these seeds grew in the acidic soil of the moon, including one tree that grew within the territory of Bright Tree Village, occupied by the diminuitive, Ewoks, a sentient species native to the moon. The Ewoks soon discovered the medicinal properties of senoti sap, and the tree became regarded as a near-sacred healer. In 3 ABY, a starship crashed on the moon. A small, Human child by the name of Cindel Towani survived the crash, and was taken in by the Warrick family, who nursed Towani with senoti sap.

Several senoti trees could also be found on the planet Garqi, within the Pesktda Xenobotanical Garden. This garden was dedicated to off-world trees and shrubs, and included a grove of bafforr trees from Ithor. In 25 ABY, during the Yuuzhan Vong War, it was discovered that the Vonduun crab armor worn by the extra-galactic invaders, the Yuuzhan Vong, was allergic to bafforr pollen. In order to hide this militarily significant discovery, the Garqi Resistance burned the entire Xenobotanical Garden, including the senoti trees.

Behind the scenes
The senoti trees were created by Craig Carey, Jason Fry and Daniel Wallace for the roleplaying game article "Endor and the Moddell Sector," published in Star Wars Gamer 9 in 2002. The trees were later referenced in Geonosis and the Outer Rim Worlds, published in 2004.