Goldenfruit

This big shrub grows up to 9 feet (2.7 meters) tall and lives for decades, with the oldest known specimen being around 113 years old. It is very resistant to destructive insect infestation but susceptible to disease.

It has many thick, angular stems covered in fine, rough, yellow bark, and the wood inside is pine-coloured.

The branches are long and thin with thousands of twigs that and are covered with large amounts of miniature, slender, pointed, leaves with irregular edges. The leaves themselves are either grey or intense blue, with azure dots, sturdy and sticky.

In early spring it produces balls of large, white blossoms with fan-like petals with a tube-like floral cup. They fall easily and have a scent whose strength depends on external factors, such as soil quality and rain frequency that smells like citrus.

In midwinter small triangular fruits ripen. The sticky yellow skin is delicate and inedible, and the slightly crunchy gentle orange flesh is overwhelmingly savoury and juicy. The gold seed is small and is in the centre of the fruit.