Neluma (pronounced neh-LOO-mah) are a type of plant native to the Wounds. These saltwater-dwelling plants resemble oversized lilypads, their stalks connecting roots in the seafloor with large leaves and flowers that sit on the surface of the ocean. Each ten to thirty feet across, neluma can be found in vast forests throughout the shallows of the Wounds, and in particular are common near the Chain, the Wisps, the Salt Spring Archipelago, and other more southerly islands. As the density in which they grow largely blocks light from the water below, they are rarely found in the same areas as coral reefs.
In the Wounds neluma have a close association with fey, who frequently build their abodes on the floating leaves, each of which is capable of supporting hundreds of pounds on its surface.