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Kalanchoe crenata (Andrews) Haw.

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Crassulaceae > Kalanchoe

Characteristics

Sparse shrubs with one to several erect, terete stems up to 1.5 m high. Leaves petiolate, glabrous to hairy; petiole 10-30 mm long, more or less clasping; lamina ovate to oblong, (25-)40-110(-130) x (20-)30-90(-120) mm, obtuse, cuneate to cordate, with blunt teeth rarely doubly dentate or crenate, more or less folded lengthwise, yellowish green to deep-green. Inflorescence a rounded thyrse, usually with many dichasia ending in monochasia. Calyx with lobes narrowly triangular to ovate, 3-5 mm long. Corolla: tube elongate-ampullaceous with long neck, 10-12 mm long, yellow or orange; lobes 3-5 x 1.5-4 mm, orange. Anthers c. 1 mm long. Squamae narrowly oblong, 1.5-2.3 mm long, with rounded apex. Seeds c. 1 mm long.
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Sparse, succulent shrublet, 1-several erect, terete stems, up to ± 1.5 m high. Leaves petiolate, ovate to oblong, clasping, 40-110 x 30-90 mm, glabrous to hairy, obtuse, cuneate to cordate, crenate, ± folded lengthwise, yellowish green. Inflorescence a rounded thyrse with many dichasia ending in monochasia. Corolla yellow or orange; tube elongate-ampullaceous, 10-12 mm long; lobes orange. Flowering time Aug.-Oct.
A shrub that keeps growing from year to year. It has one or two erect stems 1.5 m tall. The leaves are oval and 4-11 cm long by 3-9 cm wide. They have blunt teeth.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.2
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway cam

Environment

Found in a wide range of open, dry, stony habitats at elevations up to 2,000 metres. Sunny places at forest edges; roadsides, streams; often among rocks; scrub; bushland, grassland, mostly in moist and damp places; to 1600-2850 metres.
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It is a tropical plant.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-10

Usage

Uses environmental use magical plant medicinal social use
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Tumor(Prostate) (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 7 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -6
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Flower

Kalanchoe crenata flower picture by Ferreira Marcos (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Kalanchoe crenata world distribution map, present in Angola, Australia, Burundi, Benin, Burkina Faso, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Congo, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Guatemala, Guyana, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kenya, Liberia, Mauritius, Malawi, Nigeria, Nepal, Puerto Rico, Réunion, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, El Salvador, Sao Tome and Principe, Chad, Togo, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, United States of America, Yemen, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:274311-1
WFO ID wfo-0000357578
COL ID 6NJYN
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 634323
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Kalanchoe coccinea Kalanchoe britteni Vereia nudicaulis Cotyledon crenata Cotyledon nudicaulis Cotyledon verea Kalanchoe brasilica Kalanchoe connata Kalanchoe brasiliensis Kalanchoe crenata Kalanchoe crenata subsp. biennis Kalanchoe integra var. crenata Cotyledon brasilica Vereia crenata Kalanchoe integra var. varea Kalanchoe crenata var. coccinea Kalanchoe crenata var. verea Kalanchoe crenata subsp. nyassensis
WorldFloraDB 2024