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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Kalanchoe beharensis''
| image = Kalanchoe_beharensis.JPG
| image_width = 240px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Saxifragales]]
| familia = [[Crassulaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Kalanchoe]]''
| species = '''''K. beharensis'''''
| binomial = ''Kalanchoe beharensis''
| binomial_authority = [[Emmanuel Drake del Castillo|Drake]]
}}
'''''Kalanchoe beharensis''''' ('''Elephant's ear Kalanchoe''') is a plant [[species]] in the succulent [[genus]] [[Kalanchoe]], [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] to [[Madagascar]].
It is a fairly large [[shrub]] in stature, up to 6 m tall. It has large, triangular opposite leaves which are irregularly lobed and typically covered with felt-like hair. In mature leaves, the hair is rusty, or even golden, on top and silvery on the underside. The leaves can reach 12-35 cm long and 7-35 cm wide. It has green-yellow urn-shape flowers with violet veining.
===Cultivation===
It is grown as a decorative indoor plant, being very easy to culture. Propagation is by cutting or breaking off a leaf, letting it sit in the shade for two or three days, and then repot the leaf so it is partly covered by soil.
[[Category:Crassulaceae]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Kalanchoe beharensis''
| image = Kalanchoe_beharensis.JPG
| image_width = 240px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Saxifragales]]
| familia = [[Crassulaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Kalanchoe]]''
| species = '''''K. beharensis'''''
| binomial = ''Kalanchoe beharensis''
| binomial_authority = [[Emmanuel Drake del Castillo|Drake]]
}}
'''''Kalanchoe beharensis''''' ('''Elephant's ear Kalanchoe''') is a plant [[species]] in the succulent [[genus]] [[Kalanchoe]], [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] to [[Madagascar]].
It is a fairly large [[shrub]] in stature, up to 6 m tall. It has large, triangular opposite leaves which are irregularly lobed and typically covered with felt-like hair. In mature leaves, the hair is rusty, or even golden, on top and silvery on the underside. The leaves can reach 12-35 cm long and 7-35 cm wide. It has green-yellow urn-shape flowers with violet veining.
===Cultivation===
It is grown as a decorative indoor plant, being very easy to culture. Propagation is by cutting or breaking off a leaf, letting it sit in the shade for two or three days, and then repot the leaf so it is partly covered by soil.
[[Category:Crassulaceae]]
