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{{PM1enemy
|image=[[Image:Lava_Bud.png|A '''Lava Bud'''.]]
|hp=16 (has 8 HP per round)
|atk=4 (round 1 only)
|def=0
|location=[[Mt. Lavalava]]
|tattle=Lava Buds are little flower branching out from the main stem of the Lava Piranha. They love it in the lava. Hey, if you were a fiery plant you'd love it in there, too.
*'''Regular Tattle:''' They blow small seeds or other projectiles to attack, the small Lava Buds attack power is 4.
*'''When on fire''': They blow out Petit Piranhas. The Lava Bud's stems themselves won't attack you.
|moves=Petit Piranha Blast (4), Birth (summons Petit Piranha
}}
A '''Lava Bud''' is a juvenile [[Lava Piranha]]. Two of them, along with a Lava Piranha, are the bosses of Chapter 5 in ''[[Paper Mario]]''.

In a Lava Piranha patch, there is usually one mature stalk for every two juveniles. Lava Buds reproduce via spores; if confronted with danger, they will fire spores &ndash; [[Petit Piranha|Petit Piranhas]] &ndash; at enemies, but otherwise will just randomly spit spores. Lava Buds will not die as long as the oldest Lava Piranha in the patch is alive. Once the mature one dies, the buds lose the nutrients they were receiving from the adult and wither.

Lava Buds bear a strong resemblance to [[Naval Bud|Naval Buds]].
==Names in Other Languages==
{{Foreignname
|Fra=Copain d'lave
|FraM=Lava Buddy}}
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