Mallorn

In J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, the mallorn (plural mellyrn - the word is Sindarin) is a kind of large tree. The Quenya form of 'mallorn' is malinornￃﾫ (plural malinorni). Mellyrn are described as similar to beech in the shape of boughs and leaves. Their bark was smooth and silver-grey, and the leaves turned golden in autumn. The golden leaves remained on the tree through the winter and fell to cover the ground in the spring, when new leaves... more

In J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, the mallorn (plural mellyrn - the word is Sindarin) is a kind of large tree. The Quenya form of 'mallorn' is malinornￃﾫ (plural malinorni). Mellyrn are described as similar to beech in the shape of boughs and leaves. Their bark was smooth and silver-grey, and the leaves turned golden in autumn. The golden leaves remained on the tree through the winter and fell to cover the ground in the spring, when new leaves sprouted, which were green on top and silver underneath, and golden flowers bloomed on the branches in clusters like a cherry. Frodo Baggins explained that he could feel the life of the tree when he touched a mallorn in Lothlￃﾳrien. The fruit of a mallorn was a nut with a silver shell. Mallorn-trees originally grew on Tol Eressￃﾫa and probably also grew in Valinor though no evidence is given of this, as is mentioned by Haldir. The Noldor may have introduced mellyrn to Gondolin when they came to Middle-earth, but these were all destroyed... less