Caramelvine

This modest-sized shrub grows up to 4 feet (1.2 meters) tall and lives for decades, with the oldest known specimen being around 117 years old. It is somewhat resistant to disease and destructive insect infestation.

It has numerous knobbly, angular stems covered in fine, cracked, brown-green speckled bark, and the wood inside is mahogany-coloured.

The branches are long and thick with hundreds of twigs that and are covered with large amounts of tiny, sickle shaped, leaves with rounded edges. The leaves themselves are olive at the bottom and black with gold zig-zags at the top, flexible and clammy.

In mid-spring it produces lots of medium-sized, caramel flowers with 3 crescent-shaped shaped petals. They are very delicate and have a weak scent that smells like freshly baked bread.