Turquoise

This enormous fruit tree grows up to 56 feet (17.1 meters) tall and lives for up to 20 years, with the oldest known specimen being around 46 years old. It is very resistant to disease but is susceptible to destructive insect infestation.

It has a slender, slanted trunk covered in fine, cracked, brown-green bark, and inside, the dense wood is yellow-brown.

The sparse amount of branches are short and thin and are covered with thick bunches of large, thick leaves with jagged edges. The leaves themselves are gold at the bottom and black with red splotches at the top.

In early spring, it produces thousands of large, turquoise blossoms with pleated petals with a tube-like floral cup. They are sturdy and have an overpowering scent that smells like pot-purri.

In late summer it produces , oval fruit. The waxy peach skin is thin and inedible, and the slightly crunchy violet flesh is bitter and dry. The silver seeds are large and are located in the centre of the fruit.

The roots are fine and grow in a large web, and overall the tree is sturdy, flexible, and difficult to uproot or break.

Forests of this species feature trees spaced far apart, with the space between them filled with thick undergrowth.