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Caramel

Fruit Tree type: Deciduous (Stores water in the thickened base of its stem)

This enormous fruit tree grows up to 71 feet (21.6 meters) tall and lives for up to 25 years, with the oldest known specimen being around 42 years old. It is not very resistant to disease and destructive insect infestation.

It has a long and flexible, straight trunk covered in hard, rough, light brown bark, and inside, the flexible wood is white.

The sparse amount of branches are very short, thin and wispy and are covered with small amounts of large, spear shaped leaves with ripped edges. The leaves themselves are solid caramel with blue lines.

In early spring, it produces several giant, green blossoms with long, tapering petals with a trumpet-shaped floral cup. They fall easily and have a delicate scent that smells like coconut.

In late autumn it produces large, oblong fruit. The fuzzy white skin is peel-able and sour, and the very soft dark brown flesh is sour and dry. The brown seeds are large and are located in the centre of 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 densely, with clear space between them.

It is almost impossible to grow indoors.
It is very rare outside of a particular area.
It is suitable for making baskets and the like