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Copperleaf

Succulent type: Leaf succulent (Stores water in its leaves)

This large leaf succulent grows up to 92 feet (28.0 meters) tall. The asymmetrical stem is orange-yellow, and is covered in brittle bronze spines. The pointed leaves are a shade of red that gradient shifts to copper at the top. Large amounts of them grow on slender, moss green or magenta branches that are short, rigid and upright. The leaves are flexible, but easily come away when pulled.

It is quick growing, taking 7 months to reach maturity. Once mature, a handful of flowers, with sky blue petals on the lower layer and white petals decorated with red dots on the inner layer. The central disk is caramel, grow at the top, reappearing every year. The flower head is shaped like a tube with 50 raised, round-tipped petals. It has a weak scent that smells like grass cuttings.

The leaf succulent's skin is rock-hard, the sky blue flesh is smooth, and the white sap is thin.

It usually houses a colony of beneficial insects.
All parts of the fruit tree are edible.
It is suitable for making paper