Crassulaceae FAMILY
Kalanchoe lanceolata
Kalanchoe lanceolata
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Kalanchoe lanceolata is an annual to perennial succulent plant producing usually unbranched stems from 11 - 150cm tall[ 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local medicinal use.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeAfrica - drier areas, mainly in eastern and southern Africa, south to S. Africa, Madagascar; also in Mali, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon and Sudan.
HabitatOpen dry woodland, wooded grassland, on sandy, loamy and heavy clay soils or on rocky ground, rarely epiphytic on trees; damp termite-mounds, river banks; at elevations from 900 - 2,100 metres[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ].