\documentclass[border=5mm]{standalone} \usepackage{luamplib} \begin{document} \mplibtextextlabel{enable} \begin{mplibcode} vardef make_tree(expr bar) = save a; numeric a; a = abs(point 1 of bar - point 0 of bar); cutdraw bar withpen pencircle scaled 1.2(1/8 a) withcolor background; cutdraw bar withpen pencircle scaled (1/8 a) withcolor 1/256(148,98,58); if a > leaf: save s; pair s; s = 1/32 a * r * unitvector(direction 1 of bar) rotated 90; make_tree( bar shifted - point 0 of bar shifted s scaled r rotated theta shifted point 1 of bar ); make_tree( bar shifted - point 0 of bar shifted -s scaled r rotated -theta shifted point 1 of bar ); else: draw point 1 of bar withpen pencircle scaled 2 withcolor 2/3 green; fi enddef; beginfig(1); numeric leaf, r, theta; leaf = 3; r = 0.71; theta = 14; make_tree(origin -- 100 up); endfig; \end{mplibcode} \end{document}