Kalanchoe pinnata
Kalanchoe pinnata
Safety & Hazards
Plants contain bufadienolide cardiac glycosides that can cause cardiac poisoning, particularly in grazing animals[ 713 Title Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Publication Author Website http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/cd-keys/rfk/index.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An online resource giving botanical information, and a little bit about plant usage, for over 2,700 species of plants found in the Australian rainforest. ].
Botanical Description
Kalanchoe pinnata is an erect, evergreen, usually unbranched, smooth, succulent herb growing from 40 - 200cm tall[ 582 Title Medicinal Plants of the Philippines Publication Author Website http://www.bpi.da.gov.ph/Publications/mp/mplants.html Publisher Bureau of Plant Industry, Philippines. Year 0 ISBN Description An Internet site from the Philippines Department of Agriculture, giving information in a readable way on the medicinal uses of many plants in their area. ]. The stems usually become more or less woody, especially near the base. Plants can become more or less leafless when flowering[ 451 Title Flora Malesiana Series 1 Publication Author Various Website http://www.archive.org Publisher Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch Year 0 ISBN Description A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet , 481 Title Medicinal Plants in Papua New Guinea Publication Author Publisher World Health Organisation Year 2009 ISBN 978-92-9061-249-0 Description Traditional medicinal uses of 126 species from Papua New Guinea, including information on modern research into the plants. ]. The plant has a wide range of medicinal uses and is often harvested from the wild. It is commonly grown as an ornamental in the tropics, and as a houseplant in colder areas.