• Family : CRASSULACEAE
  (Orpine Or Stonecrop Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : AMAR POI FAMILY (अमर पोई फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : CRASSULACEAE
• Basionym : Cotyledon pinnata Lam.
• Synonym(s) : Byophyllum calycinum Salisb.; Kalanchoe pinnata (Lam.) Pers.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Bryophyllum pinnatum (Lam.) Oken
• Common name : Air plant, Good luck leaf, Hawaiian Air Plant, Life Plant, Miracle leaf
• Vernacular name : Aakasachedi, Chodukkuchedi, Elachedi, Elamulachi, Ilamarunnu, Ilamulachi, Ilayilmelthyi, Kalliyilachedi, Punnuchedi (Malayalam); Amarpoi, Hemkakri, Basampatri (Oria); Zakham hiyal (Hindi); Hasthibhaksha, Simajamuda (Telugu)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Rocky areas in moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
• Comments / notes : On foothills to 1400m along slopes, especially in thin layer of soil by exposed rocks. Occasional clumps.
• Flower, Fruit : December-March
• Distribution :
  • Karnataka : Kolar district, Shivamogga district, Udupi district, Dakshina Kannada district, Chikkamagaluru district
  • Maharashtra : All disricts of Maharashtra
• Native : Tropical Africa
• World Distribution : Pantropical
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Bryophyllum pinnatum. Downloaded on 3 April 2025.

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