Aquamarine Fruit Tree

This short fruit tree grows up to 6 feet (1.8 meters) tall and lives for up to 30 years, with the oldest known specimen being around 46 years old. It is very resistant to destructive insect infestation but susceptible to disease.

It has a slender, curved trunk covered in paper-thin, ridged, black bark, and inside, the very light wood is pine-coloured.

The small handful of branches are long, thin and wispy and are covered with thick bunches of miniature, very thick leaves with smooth edges. The leaves themselves are peach on the edges and aquamarine at the center.

In early spring, it produces hundreds of medium-sized, bronze blossoms with circular petals with a bell-shaped floral cup. They fall easily and have an intense scent that smells like honeysuckle.

In mid-autumn it produces small, long, narrow fruit. The soft olive skin is delicate and inedible, and the very soft orange flesh is salty and syrupy. The olive seeds are small and are scattered throughout the fruit.

The roots are shallow and widely spread, and overall the tree is rigid and brittle.

Forests of this species feature the trees packed together densely, with patches of undergrowth between them.