Talk:Chinese Potato Plant/@comment-28115327-20160524235910/@comment-32328689-20170626030147

"Subnautica is going chinese lately it seems. First This, Then Ming plant, then Hanging lantern"

Well although mongolia and china have very different cultures, they are very much related due to many centuries of interaction. There is a prominant government in subnautica called the "Mongol Empire" and as such it is safe to assume that there is much chinese influence on their culture and it is also known that a Chinese nation also exists. Any one of the members of the Degasi could have named the "Ming plant" and "hanging lantern."

In short the lore of the game would suggest that chinese named items would be semi common place in flora and fauna.