Doctor Jana elKanai was a female Payav of the Nehdi tribe on planet Mestiko in the 23rd century. She was a botanist specializing in biologicals and herbs, working at the Nehdi medical center in 2293. Dr. Leonard McCoy called on Jana to confirm the discovery by Chimeji elPrahno of several dormant noggik seeds. (TOS eBook: Mere Anarchy: Its Hour Come Round)