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Species Name: Fruggle Berri
Average Lifespan: 450 years
Habitat: Dry and cold climates, found predominantly in mountainous regions. Larger quantities can be found in higher altitudes and along cliff sides of mountains.
Population/Distribution: Uncommon, these bushes are hard to discover. Due to the location that they are found, it is difficult to collect the berries. They are more commonly found along the Radiant Peaks and Gilded Range, however there are a couple shrubs found in the northern continent.
Size:
Shrub: 50cm tall // 70cm wide
Fruggle berry: 7cm tall // 5cm wide
Physical Characteristics:
Fruggle berries are fairly small berries with an elongated form. The berries themselves only have two colour variations, magenta or blue. The magenta berries are softer but sour in flavour, on the other hand, the blue berries are harder but sweeter.
The bush/shrub itself naturally have a bent/curved trunk. The leaves are quite unique in the fact that they are able to reflect light in order to create an illusion that the leaves are “floating”. In reality, the leaves of the fruggle berry bush has a pinkish tint, which can be visible in the shadows/underside of the leaves. The reflective property also creates the false image that the berries are floating as well.
Behaviour/Life Cycle:
The bush takes around 50 years to be at full maturity, when they start to produce berries and the light reflective properties of the leaves. During those 50 years, the bush remain barren with little to no leaves blooming.
Due to the location the bushes grow in, it requires only a little amount of soil to grow; a depth of 2-5cm of soil is enough for the plant to grow its roots. During the growing process, the roots will naturally follow the landscape and wrap itself around any surrounding rocks, securing itself while the growing process comtinues. The securely wrapped roots act as an achor for the bush, which usually grows off the edges of cliffsides.
Naturally, fallen fruits from existing Fruggle bushes act as seeds and grow on their own new patch of cliff landings. Another method seeds are distributed are by the Griffins, who gather berries to eat on later occasions. No all collected berries are eaten before they go bad. Rotten berries tend to leave a sour aftertaste, both the blue and magenta berries, which griffins do not like; therefore they will either bury them in the snow, or just simply toss them away (over the cliffs or somewhere not on their territory).
Uses:
- Food: fruggle berries can be eaten, and depending on the colour they hold a different flavour. Most people would prefer the sweeter and crunchier blue berries. These are also the ones that are more commonly collected to create jams.
- Alcoholic beverages (aka. Fruggle Wine): these wines can be made from either of the berries; they can purely be from the blue berries, the magenta, or a combination of both. The blue berry wine is sweeter and lower in alcohol content, on the other hand the magenta berry wine is sweet as well but stronger in alcohol content and has a sourer aftertaste.
- Dye: the magenta berries are generally collected to create colour dye, which can be used for multiple purposes. The blue berries are too crunchy to extract the juices well.
Additional Information:
- Fruggle berry juice will stain! (hence the colour dye purpose)
- The wood of the bush is ridiculously tough and is not ideal to use, they are also do not burn nicely, they will emit a sour smell
- Fruggle wine is pretty expensive since the fruit itself is difficult to gather
