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Bloodleaf

Shrub type: Deciduous (Stores water in the thickened base of its stem)

This large shrub grows up to 7 feet (2.1 meters) tall and lives for around 18 years. It is very resistant to destructive insect infestation but susceptible to disease.

It has several flexible, straight stems covered in knobbly, brown-green speckled bark, and the wood inside is silver.

The branches are very short, thin and wispy with hundreds of twigs that and are covered with very large amounts of tiny, broad, flat, leaves with jagged edges. The leaves themselves are either black or blood red, with yellow splotches, hardy and crispy.

In early spring it produces copious amounts of medium-sized, red flowers with circular shaped petals. They detach easily and have a strong scent that smells like fish.

It coexists peacefully with other plants.
It is suitable for use as a construction material
It is overwhelmingly resistant to fire damage.