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Slatefruit Tree

Fruit Tree type: Deciduous (Stores water in its leaves)

This enormous fruit tree grows up to 75 feet (22.9 meters) tall and lives for up to 30 years, with the oldest known specimen being around 82 years old. It is very resistant to disease and destructive insect infestation.

It has a slender, wavy trunk covered in rough, black bark, and inside, the flexible wood is yellow-brown.

The sparse amount of branches are short stubs and are covered with large amounts of giant, spear shaped leaves with serrated edges. The leaves themselves are generally yellow.

In early spring, it produces many clusters of medium-sized, copper blossoms with circular petals. They are sturdy and have a delicate scent that smells like cinnamon.

In early autumn it produces tiny, wide fruit. The fuzzy slate skin is thick and edible when boiled; it is sweet and bitter, and the soft dark blue flesh is spicy and salty and oily. The gold seeds are large and are scattered throughout the fruit.

The roots are fine and grow in a large web, and overall the tree is rigid and brittle.

Forests of this species feature the trees packed together, with the space between them filled with thick undergrowth.

It aggressively steals nutrients from other large plants (but not each other).
It is suitable for creating fine, soft textiles
Ivy often grows along the trunk.