Spiceberry

This average-sized fruit tree grows up to 19 feet (5.8 meters) tall and lives for up to 10 years, with the oldest known specimen being around 29 years old. It is somewhat resistant to disease and destructive insect infestation.

It has a very thick, crooked trunk covered in hard, knobbly, brown-green speckled bark, and inside, the medium-dense wood is burgundy.

The abundance of branches are short, thin and wispy and are covered with small bunches of miniature, spear shaped leaves with irregular edges. The leaves themselves are grey with azure tips.

In early spring, it produces lots of small, intense orange blossoms with oblong shaped petals. They detach easily and have a weak scent that smells like vanilla.

In late autumn it produces small, asymmetrical fruit. The clammy hazel skin is tough and edible when roasted; it is sweet, and the slightly crunchy orange flesh is sweet and spicy and powdery. The white seed is large and sits at the top of the fruit.

The roots are long 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 the space between filled with undergrowth.