Cinnamon Pinefruit

This short fruit tree grows up to 8 feet (2.4 meters) tall and lives for up to 35 years, with the oldest known specimen being around 44 years old. It is very resistant to disease and destructive insect infestation.

It has a wide, wonky trunk covered in cracked, brown-green speckled bark, and inside, the medium-dense wood is pine-coloured.

The sparse amount of branches are very long and thin and are covered with large amounts of giant, 6 pointed leaves with serrated edges. The leaves themselves are copper at the bottom and light grey with light brown zig-zags at the top.

In early spring, it produces hundreds of small, blood red blossoms with 3 triangular shaped petals. They are sturdy and have a weak scent that smells like cinnamon.

In early summer it produces , asymmetrical fruit. The clammy crimson skin is stretchy and sweet, and the crunchy beige flesh is sweet and sticky. The yellow seed is large and sits at the top of the fruit.

The roots are shallow and grow straight down, and overall the tree is rigid and weak, and breaks apart easily.

Forests of this species feature the trees packed together densely, with grassy ground between them.