Clinging Applevine

This short fruit tree grows up to 9 feet (2.7 meters) tall and lives for up to 35 years, with the oldest known specimen being around 75 years old. It is not very resistant to disease and destructive insect infestation.

It has a stocky, straight trunk covered in hard, silky, black bark, and inside, the dense wood is burgundy.

The branches are very long and thick and are covered with very large amounts of giant, thin leaves with smooth edges. The leaves themselves are a shade of grey and gray that gradient shifts to orange at the top.

In early spring, it produces many giant, gold blossoms with fan-like petals. They are hardy and have a delicate scent that smells like apple.

In late summer it produces , perforated fruit. The crispy lime skin is thin and inedible, and the very soft sky blue flesh is bitter and sticky. The slate seeds are large and are scattered throughout the fruit.

The roots are thick and spread across the surface, as well as underground, and overall the tree is rigid and weak, and breaks apart easily.

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