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Kalanchoe pinnata (Lam.) Pers.

Cathedral bells (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Crassulaceae > Kalanchoe

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite evergreen herb. It grows 0.7-1.5m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.65 - 1.25
Mature height (meter) 0.7 - 1.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway cam

Environment

Open settled areas, dry second-growth forests, etc. Roadsides.
Light 4-8
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses animal food commercial environmental use magical plant medicinal ornamental poison religious social use spice tea
Edible leaves nectars
Therapeutic use Analgesics (leaf), Anti-inflammatory agents (leaf), Bites and stings (leaf), Burns (leaf), Contusions (leaf), Diabetes mellitus (leaf), Dysentery (leaf), Dysentery, amebic (leaf), Edema (leaf), Furunculosis (leaf), Insect bites and stings (leaf), Mycoses (leaf), Pruritus (leaf), Ulcer (leaf), Wounds and injuries (leaf), Ache(Ear) (unspecified), Headache (unspecified), Ague (unspecified), Anodyne (unspecified), Antiseptic (unspecified), Bactericide (unspecified), Boil (unspecified), Bruise (unspecified), Cancer (unspecified), Cicatrizant (unspecified), Cold (unspecified), Colic (unspecified), Dermatosis (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Dysmenorrhea (unspecified), Emollient (unspecified), Enteritis (unspecified), Epilepsy (unspecified), Erysipelas (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Cold(Head) (unspecified), Heart (unspecified), Hemostat (unspecified), Hypertension (unspecified), Nephritis (unspecified), Ophthalmia (unspecified), Palpitation (unspecified), Rhagades (unspecified), Rheumatism (unspecified), Soporific (unspecified), Sore (unspecified), Spasm (unspecified), Swelling (unspecified), Ulcer (unspecified), Vulnerary (unspecified), Witchcraft (unspecified), Wound (unspecified), Conjunctivitis (unspecified), Cough (unspecified), Sprain (unspecified), Tumor (unspecified), Asthma (unspecified), Strain (unspecified), Chest-Cold (unspecified), Ear (unspecified), Bite(Bug) (unspecified), Analgesics (unspecified), Antifungal agents (unspecified), Anti-inflammatory agents (unspecified), Burns (unspecified), Diarrhea (unspecified), Disinfectants (unspecified), Dysentery (unspecified), Emollients (unspecified), Endophthalmitis (unspecified), Flatulence (unspecified), Furunculosis (unspecified), Hematemesis (unspecified), Hemorrhage (unspecified), Hemostasis (unspecified), Lithiasis (unspecified), Menorrhagia (unspecified), Pruritus (unspecified), Skin pigmentation (unspecified), Vomiting (unspecified), Wound healing (unspecified), Wounds and injuries (unspecified), Antineoplastic agents (whole plant)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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

Images

Habit

Kalanchoe pinnata habit picture by Peterson Stareh TOUSSAINT (cc-by-sa)
Kalanchoe pinnata habit picture by Luc Jean (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Kalanchoe pinnata leaf picture by sai babu sakhinala (cc-by-sa)
Kalanchoe pinnata leaf picture by Yuvi Porwal (cc-by-sa)
Kalanchoe pinnata leaf picture by shea prueger (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Kalanchoe pinnata flower picture by Dieter Albrecht (cc-by-sa)
Kalanchoe pinnata flower picture by Zilli Valtair Zilli (cc-by-sa)
Kalanchoe pinnata flower picture by natacha barrera (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Kalanchoe pinnata world distribution map, present in Angola, Anguilla, Argentina, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Benin, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Bangladesh, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Barbados, Central African Republic, China, Congo, Cook Islands, Colombia, Cabo Verde, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Spain, Fiji, Micronesia (Federated States of), Guinea, Guadeloupe, Equatorial Guinea, Grenada, French Guiana, Guam, Guyana, Honduras, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Cambodia, Kiribati, Saint Lucia, Sri Lanka, Madagascar, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, Mozambique, Montserrat, Martinique, Mauritius, Nicaragua, Niue, Nepal, Nauru, New Zealand, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Palau, Puerto Rico, Portugal, Réunion, Sudan, Singapore, El Salvador, South Sudan, Sao Tome and Principe, Suriname, Seychelles, Turks and Caicos Islands, Togo, Tokelau, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Taiwan, Province of China, United States Minor Outlying Islands, United States of America, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:274438-1
WFO ID wfo-0000357656
COL ID 3QYN8
BDTFX ID 164388
INPN ID 445593
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Bryophyllum germinans Cotyledon calycina Cotyledon rhizophylla Crassula pinnata Vereia pinnata Bryophyllum calcicola Bryophyllum calycinum Cotyledon calyculata Cotyledon pinnata Kalanchoe calcicola Kalanchoe brevicalyx Sedum madagascariense Cotyledon calyculata Crassuvia floripenula Crassuvia floripendia Kalanchoe pinnata var. brevicalyx Kalanchoe pinnata var. floripendula Kalanchoe pinnata var. calcicola Kalanchoe pinnata Bryophyllum pinnatum
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