Kalanchoe pinnata (Lam.) Pers.

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution

Naturalizada y adventicia en Colombia; Alt. 150 - 2700 m.; Amazonia.

Morphology General Habit

Hierba

Conservation

No Evaluada

Distribution

Biogeografic region: Amazonia. Elevation range: 150–2700 m a.s.l. Naturalised in Colombia. Colombian departments: Amazonas, Antioquia, Bogotá DC, Bolívar, Boyacá, Caquetá, Cauca, Cundinamarca, Huila, Meta, Putumayo, Quindío, San Andrés y Providencia, Santander, Vaupés.

Habit

Herb.

Ecology

Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, savanna, shrubland, artificial - terrestrial.

Vernacular

Air plant, Bruja, Centaura, Colombiana, Espíritu santo, Fey choche, Hoja del aire, Hoja del soldado, Hoja santa, Leaf of live, Lou gawou, Patriota

The Useful Plants of Boyacá project

Morphology General Habit

Herb.

Ecology

Alt. 150 - 2700 m.

Distribution

Introduced and naturalised in Colombia.

Vernacular

Lou gawou, fey choche, zeb maltet.

Crassulaceae, R. Fernandes. Flora Zambesiaca 7:1. 1983

Morphology General Habit

A completely glabrous perennial, succulent plant.

Morphology Stem

Stem up to 2 m. long, erect or ascending, stout, terete, simple, spotted or striped with red, sometimes with sterile shoots at the base.

Morphology Leaves

Leaves decussate, imparipinnate, sometimes some or all of them reduced to the terminal leaflet; lamina 6–20 x 4–12 cm.; leaflets 3–5, circular, ovate or ovate–oblong to oblong–spathulate, the terminal one the largest, obtuse, broadly crenate, doubly crenate or crenate–dentate at the margin, usually contracted at the base or sometimes attenuate into a petiolule, flat, green with violet lines on the upper side; petiole 2–10 cm. long, semi–amplexicaul.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers

Flowers pendulous, in cymes grouped in terminal, ample loose panicles; pedicels 10–25 mm. long, slender, divaricate, reflexed at the extremity.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx

Calyx broadly cylindric–tubular, sunk at the base, green, sometimes striped with red or red–violet; calyx–tube 21–31 mm. long; lobes 7–10·5 x 7–11·25 mm., deltate to subsemiorbicular, acute.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla

Corolla longer than the calyx; tube 25–40 mm. long, suburceolate–8–angled at the base, constricted above the carpels and then elongate–tubular–4–angled, green below, bright red or purple upwards; corolla–lobes 9–14 x 4·3–6·5 mm., deltate, abruptly acuminate, very acute, spreading.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens

Stamens slightly exserted; filaments inserted below the middle of the corolla–tube; anthers 2·6–3 x 1·6–2·2 mm., ovate.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits

Follicles 12–14 mm. long, ovoid, connate at the base for 2·2–3·5 mm., attenuate into the styles; styles 22·5–30 mm. long.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds

Seeds c. 0·8 x 0·35 mm., obovoid, obtuse.

Morphology General Scales

Scales 1·8–2·6 x 1·4–1·8, subquad–rate, obtuse or emarginate at the apex.

Crassulaceae, G.E. Wickens. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1987

Morphology General Habit

Succulent perennial herb, probably rhizomatous up to 2 m. high; stems branched from the base, somewhat woody at the base, glabrous.

Morphology Leaves

Leaves opposite and decussate, in adult plants only present in the upper parts, ± leafless at anthesis; lower leaves simple, upper often 3- or 5-foliate; leaf-blade oblong-oval up to 9 cm. long and 5 cm. broad, possibly larger, apex obtuse, base cuneate to truncate, margin crenate, sometimes obscurely so, glabrous; leaflets of compound leaves similar to simple leaf; petiole ± 3 cm. long for simple leaves, up to 6 cm. and more for compound leaves, semi-amplexicaul.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences

Inflorescence a lax terminal cyme; leaves of inflorescence similar to the foliage leaves but smaller, lower 3–5-foliate, simple above and on the ultimate branches; pedicels slender.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx

Calyx cylindrical; tube up to 25 mm. long, 8 mm. diameter, slightly indented at the base, green with longitudinal reddish mottlings near the base, green above; lobes ovate-triangular, 7–10 mm. long, abruptly acuminate, persistent in fruit.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla

Corolla cylindrical, green below, red above; tube 30 mm. long, strongly constricted ± 8 mm. from the base, markedly 8-fluted and gibbous below the constriction, sparsely glandular-pubescent, especially near the base; lobes oblong-ovate, ± 10 mm. long and 6 mm. broad, abruptly long-acuminate, recurved.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens

Stamen-filaments adnate to the corolla-tube below the constriction, free for 25–27 mm.; anthers oblong, 3 mm. long.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Nectaries

Nectary scales subrectangular, ± 2 mm. long, 1.7 mm. broad, adhering to the base of the carpels, yellow.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Carpels

Carpels oblong-ovoid, up to 10 mm. long, free or slightly connate at the base; style slender, 27–30 mm. long.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds

Seeds ellipsoid-oblong, ± 0.5 mm. long, obscurely longitudinally striate.

Figures

Fig. 5.

Habitat

Riverine, among rocks, also in shade of trees; ± 10–1600 m.

Distribution

K4 P T1 T2 T3 T6 U1 U4 Z widely distributed through tropical and southern Africa and the tropics generallystatus uncertain, may be native in Africa or possibly introduced long ago

Ghazanfar, S. A. & Edmondson, J. R (Eds). (2014) Flora of Iraq, Volume 5 Part 2: Lythraceae to Campanulaceae.

Morphology General Habit

Glabrous, erect, perennial (0.2–)1–1.5(–3) m tall

Morphology Roots

Roots woody

Morphology Stem

Stem subsucculent, erect, little branched, ± terete

Morphology Leaves

Leaves succulent, simple or imparipinnate with 3–5 leaflets, elliptic, crenate, (40–)45–90(–130) × (16–)35–65(–90) mm, obtuse; plantlets arising from sides of crenations; petioles (15–)20–50(–82) mm long

Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences

Inflorescence thyrsoid, 20–30 × 6–27 cm

Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts

Bracts foliaceous, simple or 3–foliolate, 20–35(–43) × 3–9(–14) mm

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Pedicel

Pedicels slender, 5–15 mm long

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers

Flowers pendulous

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx

Calyx cylindrical, green ± tinged red, 27–37 × 12–17 mm; lobes triangular, reddish, 6–11 × 6–9 mm, acute

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla

Corolla 35–53 × 8–15 mm, narrowly constricted above the ovary, remainder narrowly urceolate, 1.3 × calyx; tube green, tinged red, 21–40 × 8–15 mm; lobes narrowly triangular to ovate, red or purple, 7–13 × 4–6 mm, acuminate

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens Filaments

Filaments inserted in lower half of corolla tube, reaching the mouth; anthers exserted

Morphology General Scales

Scales oblong

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Carpels

Carpels 41 × 4 mm; style 1.8 × ovary

Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds

Seeds numerous, angular, minutely ridged.

Ecology

Coastal rocks to mountain forest, from sea level to 1800 m.

Distribution

Cultivated. lca: Baghdad, Sahira C. 586.

Note

Pantropical; probably distributed through its cultivation as an ornamental and for the saponins in its leaves.

Use Medicines Unspecified Medicinal Disorders

Medicinal (Instituto Humboldt 2014).