Behot

"It's shig. We grow the behot for it locally. I find it bracing."

Behot was a species of herb that grew on the planet Mandalore. The herb was citrus-flavored and grew rapidly, making it the favored choice of ingredients for the Mandalorian beverage shig, a tisane brewed from a number of herbs.^[1] Behot was mildly antiseptic and stimulating,^[3] and capable of soothing an upset stomach.^[4] Shig brewed from behot possessed an amber color and the herb's citrus flavor.^[2]

In 20 BBY, the Null-class ARC trooper Mereel used behot herbs in the shig he brewed for a pregnant Etain Tur-Mukan in order to help settle her stomach.^[4] Mereel's adopted father, Kal Skirata, also enjoyed a mug of behot-flavored shig when looking to calm his nerves.^[5]

By the end of the Clone Wars, members of the anti-Imperial resistance on Toprawa had taken to growing behot locally^[2] on the Outer Rim world,^[6] using it to make their own shig. Resistance leader Degan Cor developed a fondness for shig brewed from behot, as did several of his rebel colleagues.^[2]

Behind the scenes

Behot was first introduced to the Star Wars universe in the Republic Commando series novel, True Colors, written by author Karen Traviss and published October 30, 2007.^[4] The herb appeared again in Traviss' 2009 novel, Imperial Commando: 501st,^[5] and she included details about behot in her Star Wars Insider article, The Mandalorians: People and Culture.^[1] The 2013 novel The Last Jedi, written by Michael Reaves and Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff, featured behot-made shig, and noted that the herb was being grown locally on Toprawa in addition to Mandalore.^[2]