Bolburra

The Bolburra vine is a parasitic vine that normally resides in the Himmerfell region.

Description
To the naive eye, the Bolburra vine appears to be part of the local trees. They are the delicious fruit that just happen to grow on some strange branches. Like branches but thin, flimsy, and wrapped around the tree.

In reality, the Bolburra is a vine that feasts on the nutrients of the poor tree. Like a freeloader but the tree can't do anything about it. The vine makes fruit to spread the seeds around Himmerfell. Animals eat it, but usually spit out the seeds, which have a HORRIBLE taste. Then, the seeds are free to plant into the nearest tree. This is a slow but effective method to spread all over Himmerfell.

Vine
You can barely identify the vine against the bark. It runs along those little cracks, its dark color blending into the real cracks. It is covered in fine hairs that it uses to cling to the tree. The vines are somewhat difficult to remove. First of all, they will stick to the tree very willingly, and although it doesn't have muscles, its sheer willpower is astonishing, at least for a plant. Second of all, if it is removed, it will cling onto YOU. Although you have no roots to worry about, it will grasp onto you in an attempt to, at least from my experience, absorb nutrients from you. Don't worry about cuts; human blood is not compatible with xylem and phloem. Third, even if you remove the vine, the roots can grow back a new vine, ready to take over the tree again.

Fruit
The Bolburra fruit, which spreads the seeds, is made up of a core with lots of leaves overlapping it, like an onion. The colors range from a light orange to a deep reddish-orange. The outermost leaves are red. The core is a firm, fleshy ball with seeds inside. Most people don't eat the core, but if they do, they take care not to taste the foul-tasting seeds.

The bottom of the bulb contains a base that attaches the vine to the fruit. It is very hard and probably not edible.