Plant Details

Accepted name:: Kalanchoe pinnata (Lam.) Pers. [Crassulaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
abamoda	Other	Med. Plants in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
abamodo	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
afia-ayo	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
air plant	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Useful Pl. of Kongo C. Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
aire sacha	Other	Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)
airplant	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
akkapana	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
asthibhaksha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ayapanum	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bish khapru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bish-kapru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
canterbury bells	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C. Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
cathedral bells	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cathedral-bells	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
chou de fafe	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
corama	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
curtainplant	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
elamarunga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
elamarunna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
fjäderkalankoe	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
floppers	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
folha-da-costa	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
fradutki	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
gallara paku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gandukaaling	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gandukalinga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
goethe plant	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
good-luck-leaf	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
grobonm san santima	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
herbe tortue	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
hoja de aire	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
hoja del aire	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
ilamulacci	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ilayinmeltai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
iranakkalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
irankalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jakh me jayat	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jun tich’kuxa’an	Other	Manual de Propagación de Pl. Med. (Durán García et al., 2016)
kaadu basale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaadubasale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katakataka	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kondel cheru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
leaf-of-life	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
life plant	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
lifeplant	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
lonnahadakana gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lonnahadakanagida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
luoyeshenggen	Other	Med. Pls. Used by Maonan People in China. (Hong et al., 2015)
luyuki	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C. Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
luyukiyuki	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C. Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
língua-de-pirarucu	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
malaikalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malaikkalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mexican loveplant	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
miracle life plant	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
miracle-leaf	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
monte del aire	Other	Med. Plts. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene, 2007)
mother-in-law	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
murikuti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mwan	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
mwanani	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
naayipatha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nebat alhayat	Other	Survey of Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
never die	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
nkwonkwu	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
panphue	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
panphuti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
parnabija	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
parnabijah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pasanabheda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patharchutt	Other	Med. Pl. in Arid Regions of N. Punjab, Pakistan (Ashfaq et al., 2019)
patharkuchi	Other	Ethnomed. of Garo Hills, Durgapur, Bangladesh (Khan et al., 2015)
patthar churna	Other	MAPs in Makawanpur District, Central Nepal (Bhattarai et al., 2017)
phomthi-panam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rakta panka	Other	Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)
ranapala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rata gova	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
resurrection plant	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C. Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
runakalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
runakkalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
schwiegermutterpflanze	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
schwiigermutterpflanze	Other	World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
seemajaamulu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
siempre viva	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016) Med. Plants for Diabetes in C. America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
siempreviva	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Manual de Propagación de Pl. Med. (Durán García et al., 2016) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
simajamudu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sisalxiw	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016) Manual de Propagación de Pl. Med. (Durán García et al., 2016)
sodifafa	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
soppufuti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
soudefafe	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
soulefafe	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
tiába laifu	Other	Med. Pl. E. Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
tree of life	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
tree-of-life	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
tsidafafana	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
tsitsalxiw	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016) Manual de Propagación de Pl. Med. (Durán García et al., 2016)
tsitsilxiw	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016) Manual de Propagación de Pl. Med. (Durán García et al., 2016)
untich´kuxa´an	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
viranakkalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wonder-of-the-world	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
yǎ biū	Other	Med. Plants of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng, 2013)
zakhm-e-hayat	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
zakhmhaiyat	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
落地生根	Other	Med. Pls. Used by Maonan People in China. (Hong et al., 2015)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Stem, leaf		Med. Plts. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene, 2007)
Leaves, roots, leaf sap		Med. Plants in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
leaves		Med. Plants of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng, 2013)
Pseudobulb		MAPs in Makawanpur District, Central Nepal (Bhattarai et al., 2017)
Whole plant		Med. Pls. Used by Maonan People in China. (Hong et al., 2015)
Leaves		Med. Pl. in Arid Regions of N. Punjab, Pakistan (Ashfaq et al., 2019)
Leaves		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Leaves		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
leaves		Manual de Propagación de Pl. Med. (Durán García et al., 2016)
leaves		Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
leaf		Survey of Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
fruit, leaf		Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
leaf, whole plant		Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
leaf		Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)
leaf		Med. Pl. E. Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
leaf		Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
leaf		Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007)
leaf		Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 18 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Bryophyllum calycinum Salisb. Parad. Lond. 1: t. 3 (1805).
Bryophyllum pinnatum (Lam.) Oken Allg. Naturgesch. 3(3): 1966 (1841).
Baumgartenia sobolifera Tratt. Freye Auswahl Pflanzenabbild.: n.° 619 (1816).
Bryophyllum calcicola (H.Perrier) V.V.Byalt Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 32: 51 (2000).
Bryophyllum germinans Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2.: 220 (1845).
Bryophyllum pinnatum simplicifolium Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 228 (1891).
Cotyledon calycina (Salisb.) B.Heyne Trans. Linn. Soc. London 11: 213 (1815 publ. 1816).
Cotyledon calyculata Sol. ex Sims Bot. Mag. 34: t. 1409 (1811).
Cotyledon pinnata Lam. Encycl. 2: 141 (1786).
Cotyledon rhizophylla Roxb. Fl. Ind. 2: 456 (1824).
Crassula pinnata (Lam.) L.f. Suppl. Pl.: 191 (1782).
Crassuvia floripendia Comm. ex Lam. Encycl. 2: 141 (1786).
Kalanchoe calcicola (H.Perrier) Boiteau in P.L.Boiteau & L.Allorge, Kalanchoe Madagascar: 132 (1995).
Kalanchoe floripendula Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 252 (1840), not validly publ.
Kalanchoe pinnata var. calcicola H.Perrier Arch. Bot. Bull. Mens. 2: 21 (1928).
Kalanchoe pinnata var. floripendula Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 446 (1805).
Kalanchoe pinnata var. genuina Raym.-Hamet Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille, sér. 3, 3: 85 (1915), not validly publ.
Vereia pinnata (Lam.) Spreng. Syst. Veg. ed. 16. 2: 260 (1825).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Bryophyllum calicynum Salisb.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Bryophyllum calycinum	Med. Pl. Mexico (Heinrich et al., 1998)
Bryophyllum calycinum Salisb	Survey of Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
Bryophyllum calycinum Salisb.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Bryophyllum pinnatum	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Med. Plants in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
Bryophyllum pinnatum (L. f.) Oken	Med. Pls. Used by Maonan People in China. (Hong et al., 2015) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Bryophyllum pinnatum (L.f.) Oken	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Bryophyllum pinnatum (Lam.) Kurz	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
Bryophyllum pinnatum (Lam.) Oken	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) MAPs in Makawanpur District, Central Nepal (Bhattarai et al., 2017) Med. Pl. in Arid Regions of N. Punjab, Pakistan (Ashfaq et al., 2019) Med. Plants for Diabetes in C. America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Med. Plants of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng, 2013) Med. Plts. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene, 2007) SOTWP 2016: Useful Plants and Fungi Project (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa (2015) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Bryophyllum pinnatum (Lamk) Oken	Med. & Pois. Pl. 1 (Padua et al., 1999)
Bryophyllum pinnatum Kurz	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Bryophyllum pinnatum S. Kurz	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) SOTWP 2016: Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa (2015)
Kalanchoe pinnala (Lam.) Pers.	Med. Pl. E. Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
Kalanchoe pinnata	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Useful Pl. of Kongo C. Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Kalanchoe pinnata (L. f.) Pers.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Kalanchoe pinnata (Lam.) Pers.	Ethnomed. of Garo Hills, Durgapur, Bangladesh (Khan et al., 2015) Fijian Medicinal Plants (Cambie & Ash, 1994) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Manual de Propagación de Pl. Med. (Durán García et al., 2016) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009) Med. Plants for Diabetes in C. America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Medicinal Plants of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2022) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
Kalanchoe pinnata (Lamk) Pers.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Kalanchoe pinnata Pers.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Kalanchoe pinnata Persoon	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Kalenchoe pinnata	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

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