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|genus=Kalanchoe
|familia=Crassulaceae
|genus=Kalanchoe
|species=pinnata
|species=pinnata
|taxo_author=Lam., Pers.
|common_name=Air Plant, Life Plant, Miracle Leaf, Goethe Plant
|habit=cacti-succulent
|poisonous=can be toxic
|lifespan=perennial
|features=flowers, foliage
|flowers=red, green
|Temp Metric=°F
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'''''Kalanchoe pinnata''''' (syn. '''''Bryophyllum calycinum''''', '''''Bryophyllum pinnatum''''', also known as the '''Air Plant''', '''Life Plant''', '''Miracle Leaf''' and '''Goethe Plant''' is a [[succulent plant]] native to [[Madagascar]]. It is distinctive for the profusion of miniature plantlets that form on the margins of its leaves, a trait it has in common with the other members of the ''[[Bryophyllum]]'' section of the ''Kalanchoe'' genus.
It is a popular houseplant and has become naturalized in temperate regions of Asia, the Pacific and Caribbean.
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Bryophyllum pinnatum, Kurz (B. calycinum, Salisb.). Figs. 673-4. Height 2-4 ft. : Lvs. opposite, fleshy, becoming leathery with age, earlier ones simple, ovate, with cordate or rounded base, later ones pinnate and then of 3-5 short- stalked lfts., the rachis and petiole with a narrow groove on the upper side, margin crenately doubly-serrate, light green becoming purplish along the veins toward maturity, margin purple as are also the petioles and young st.-growths: fls. pendulous, in terminal panicles; calyx much inflated, purplish green with lighter dots, 1½ in. long; corolla greenish white with purple-tinted, spreading acute tips. Tropics of both hemispheres. B.M. 1409. L.B.C. 9:877. G.C. 111.41:422. J.H.I1I.46:205. R.B. 24:125. R.H. 1900, p. 362. V. 3:117; 4:113; 7:340.—Said to be used in India as a diuretic.
Bryophyllum pinnatum, Kurz (B. calycinum, Salisb.). Figs. 673-4. Height 2-4 ft. : Lvs. opposite, fleshy, becoming leathery with age, earlier ones simple, ovate, with cordate or rounded base, later ones pinnate and then of 3-5 short- stalked lfts., the rachis and petiole with a narrow groove on the upper side, margin crenately doubly-serrate, light green becoming purplish along the veins toward maturity, margin purple as are also the petioles and young st.-growths: fls. pendulous, in terminal panicles; calyx much inflated, purplish green with lighter dots, 1½ in. long; corolla greenish white with purple-tinted, spreading acute tips. Tropics of both hemispheres. B.M. 1409. L.B.C. 9:877. G.C. 111.41:422. J.H.I1I.46:205. R.B. 24:125. R.H. 1900, p. 362. V. 3:117; 4:113; 7:340.—Said to be used in India as a diuretic.
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==Cultivation==
===Propagation===
===Pests and diseases===
==Varieties==
==Gallery==
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File:Kalanchoe pinnata (Habitus).jpg
File:Kalanchoe pinnata (Flower).jpg
File:Kalanchoe pinnata (Opened Flower).jpg
File:Starr 031108-3187 Kalanchoe pinnata.jpg
File:Kalanchoe veg.jpg
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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