Copperfruit

This small fruit tree grows up to 8 feet (2.4 meters) tall and lives for up to 15 years, with the oldest known specimen being around 33 years old. It is very resistant to disease but is susceptible to destructive insect infestation.

It has a branched, slanted trunk covered in paper-thin, silky, brown-green speckled bark, and inside, the soft wood is silver.

The abundance of branches trail down towards the ground and are covered with copious amounts of miniature, oblong leaves with smooth edges. The leaves themselves are either dark brown, or copper with slate patches.

In early spring, it produces bunches of giant, cream blossoms with pleated petals with a trumpet-shaped floral cup. They are very delicate and have an overpowering scent that smells like citrus.

In mid-summer it produces , oval fruit. The clammy violet skin is peel-able and inedible, and the crunchy copper flesh is savoury and sticky. The dark grey seed is tiny and sits at the end of the fruit.

The roots grow as a near perfect mirror of the tree above, and overall the tree is rigid and brittle.

Forests of this species feature the trees packed together densely, with grassy ground between them.