Kalanchoe crenata
Crassulaceae FAMILY

Kalanchoe crenata

Kalanchoe crenata

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Kalanchoe crenata is an erect or ascending, evergreen perennial growing 30 - 200cm tall. The fleshy stem is usually unbranched, growing from a strong taproot[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. , 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. ]. The plant is often harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. It is sometimes grown in villages for its medicinal properties[ 332 Title The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Publication Author Burkil. H. M. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 1985 - 2004 ISBN Description Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/ ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical
Native RangeWidespread in tropical and southern Africa.
HabitatFound 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[ 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. ].