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Umbraflora

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

This huge shrub grows up to 15 feet (4.6 meters) tall and lives for decades, with the oldest known specimen being around 105 years old. It is not very resistant to disease and destructive insect infestation.

It has several slender, straight stems covered in fine, smooth, burgundy bark, and the wood inside is pale brown-grey.

The branches trail down across the ground with dozens of twigs that and are covered with small amounts of huge, umbrella-shaped, leaves with toothed edges. The leaves themselves are dark grey on the edges and amber at the center, hardy and covered in fine hairs.

It produces thick bunches of large, intense orange flowers with 7 oval-shaped shaped petals. They detach easily and have a strong scent that smells like chocolate. In early winter it forms medium-sizedolive aril (seeds with fleshy covers).


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It can absorb up to 7 times its own weight in water.

Colors:

amber

burgundy

dark grey

orange

pale brown-grey