Omicron pod plant

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Pod plants blast out their spores
Pod plants blast out their spores
A flower of the pod plant.
A flower of the pod plant.
The pod plant is a lifeform discovered on planet Omicron Ceti III by botanist Leila Kalomi. The plant serves as a repository for the Omicron spore, and squirts them out of its flower at anyone uninfected who comes too close.

When the inhabitants of Omicron colony tried to infect the crew of the USS Enterprise with the spores, an infected Doctor Leonard H. McCoy had numerous pod plants beamed up to the ship, where the spores quickly spread through the ventilation system. (TOS: "This Side of Paradise")

The effect of the spores likely served the purpose of genetic distribution (reproduction). There would also likely be a native lifeform on the planet that served this purpose.
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