Lotus tree
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The lotus tree (Greek: λωτός, lōtós) is a plant that occurs in two stories from Greek mythology.
In Homer's Odyssey, the lotus tree bore a fruit that caused a pleasant drowsiness and was the only food of an island people called the Lotophagi or Lotus-eaters. When they ate of the lotus tree they would forget their friends and homes and would lose their desire to return to their native land in favor of living in idleness.
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