Twistvine Pine

This massive shrub grows up to 11 feet (3.4 meters) tall and lives for around 43 years. It is not very resistant to disease and destructive insect infestation.

It has dozens of slender, straight stems covered in paper-thin, ridged, brown bark, and the wood inside is mahogany-coloured.

The branches trail down across the ground with hundreds of twigs that and are covered with small amounts of giant, asymmetrical, leaves with tattered edges. The leaves themselves are slate and blue, durable and smooth.

It produces several tiny, hazel flowers with wide petals. They are very delicate and have a powerful scent that smells like meat. In late spring it forms medium-sizedorange aril (seeds with fleshy covers).