Copperfruit Tree

This modest-sized fruit tree grows up to 18 feet (5.5 meters) tall and lives for up to 10 years, with the oldest known specimen being around 28 years old. It is very resistant to destructive insect infestation but susceptible to disease.

It has a slender, straight trunk covered in delicate, wrinkled, pine-coloured bark, and inside, the light wood is pale yellow.

The small bunches of branches trail down to the ground and are covered with small bunches of miniature, slender, pointed leaves with toothed edges. The leaves themselves are cyan at the bottom and copper with caramel dots at the top.

In early spring, it produces lots of giant, white blossoms with broad, flat petals with a trumpet-shaped floral cup. They are very delicate and have a strong scent that smells like freshly baked bread.

In late autumn it produces tiny, oval fruit. The fuzzy red skin is thick and inedible, and the very soft purple flesh is overwhelmingly spicy and syrupy. The white seed is small and is in the centre of the fruit.

The roots grow as a near perfect mirror of the tree above, and overall the tree is rigid and weak, and breaks apart easily.

Forests of this species feature well-spaced trees, with clear space between them.