air plant

Names

Common Names

• Leaf Of Life
• Loveplant
• Mala Madre
• Mother of Thousands
• Mother-in-law
• Mexican loveplant
• airplant
• cathedral-bells
• curtainplant
• floppers
• good-luck-leaf
• lifeplant
• miracle-leaf
• tree-of-life
• Goethe Plant
• Green Mother Of Millions
• Miracle Leaf
• cathedral bells

Regional and Traditional Names

Scientific Names

Accepted name

Synonyms

• Cotyledon calycina
• Crassula pinnata
• Bryophyllum germinans
• Cotyledon rhizophylla
• Vereia pinnata
• Crassuvia floripendia
• Cotyledon pinnata
• Kalanchoe calcicola
• Bryophyllum pinnatum
• Cotyledon calyculata
• Bryophyllum calcicola
• Baumgartenia sobolifera
• Bryophyllum calycinum
• Kalanchoe pinnata var. calcicola
• Kalanchoe pinnata var. floripendula
• Bryophyllum pinnatum simplicifolium

Taxonomical Classification

This plant belongs to the kingdom Plantae and the phylum Streptophyta, falling under the class Equisetopsida and subclass Magnoliidae. Within the order Saxifragales, it is classified under the family Crassulaceae. Finally, its taxonomic designation concludes with the genus Kalanchoe.

Distribution

This plant exhibits a wide geographical distribution across several key regions. Within the Macaronesia archipelago, it can be found inhabiting the Azores and the Canary Islands. It is also established in the islands of Cape Verde and Madeira. Furthermore, its range extends beyond these Atlantic islands to West Tropical Africa. Specifically, the species is recorded as growing in the nation of Benin.

Plant Parts

Chemicals

Kalanchoe pinnata has 60 reported phytochemicals identified across 16 scientific publications and several other databases. The most consistently reported chemicals include Flavonoids, kaempferol, quercetin, quercitrin, BERSALDEGENIN 1,3,5-ORTHOACETATE.

Flavonoids

1. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias
2. Plant physiology and biochemistry : PPB
3. Physiology and molecular biology of plants : an international journal of functional plant biology
4. BMC complementary medicine and therapies
5. Zhong yao cai = Zhongyaocai = Journal of Chinese medicinal materials

kaempferol

1. Dr. Duke
2. Planta medica
3. Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society
4. BMC complementary medicine and therapies

quercetin

1. Dr. Duke
2. Chemistry & biodiversity
3. Planta medica
4. BMC complementary medicine and therapies

quercitrin

1. Phytochemistry
2. Journal of photochemistry and photobiology. B, Biology
3. International journal of molecular sciences

BERSALDEGENIN 1,3,5-ORTHOACETATE

1. Chemistry & biodiversity
2. Planta medica

Bryophyllin A

1. Planta medica
2. Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry

Bryophyllin C

1. Chemistry & biodiversity
2. Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry

Friedelin

1. Dr. Duke
2. Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society

STIGMASTEROL

1. Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society
2. BMC complementary medicine and therapies

SYRINGIC ACID

1. Dr. Duke
2. Chemistry & biodiversity

Activities

Kalanchoe pinnata has 315 reported activities identified across 16 scientific publications and several other databases. The most consistently reported activities include Antibacterial, Antioxidant, Cytotoxic, Antihypertensive, Antiulcer.

Most Reported Activities

Medicinal Uses

Kalanchoe pinnata has 20 reported medicinal uses identified across 16 scientific publications and several other databases. The most consistently reported uses include cancer, inflammation, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, leishmaniasis.

Most Reported Uses

Preparations