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Lime

Succulent type: Caudiciform (Stores water in the thickened base of its stem)

This short caudiciform grows up to 6 feet (1.8 meters) tall. The tapering stem is lime green, and is covered in brittle orange spines. It has a angular, flat, light grey trunk atop a very thick platform of rough, exposed roots. The branches are thick and cyan or cream and are long and slender.

The ripped-edged, wispy leaves are a shade of black that gradient shifts to vivid purple at the top. They are frail, but easily come away when pulled.

It is very slow growing, taking 28 years to reach maturity. Once mature, a single flower with gold petals that gradient shift to red on the outer edge. The central disk is blue grows at the top, reappearing every year. The flower head is shaped like a sphere made up of several raised, round-tipped petals. It has an intense scent that smells like fresh linen.

The caudiciform's skin is thin, the bronze flesh is soft, and the pale blue sap is thin and can kill if consumed.

It is suitable for use as a construction material
The sap is pink.
All of it is said to be part of one single, massive plant.