Kalanchoe laciniata (L.) Pers.

 
  • 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 laciniata L.
  • Synonym(s) : Kalanchoe brasiliensis Cambess.; Kalanchoe schweinfurthii Penzig
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Kalanchoe laciniata (L.) DC.
  • Vernacular name :
    • Nununni gida (Kannada)
    • Kattu pirandai (Tamil)
    • Astthi-bhaksha, Ilamulachi, Elamulachi (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Moist and dry deciduous forests
  • Comments / notes : On foothills to 1400m by fully-exposed rocks; in occasional clumps
  • Flower, Fruit : December-February
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, Chittoor district, West Godavari district, Srikakulam district
    • Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Vijayapura (Bijapur) district, Chikkamagaluru district, Dharwad district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Kolar district, Mysuru district, Tumakuru district
    • Kerala : Palakkad district, Idukki district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Tamil Nadu : Dindigul district
    • West Bengal : Darjeeling district, Jalpaiguri district
  • Native : India
  • World Distribution : India, Bangladesh, China, Myanmar
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3
    • R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
    • N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
    • Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan District
    • Cecil J. Saldanha, S. R. Ramesh (1984). Flora of Karnataka State vol. 1. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi
    • Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg District
    • Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Kalanchoe laciniata. Downloaded on 9 October 2024.

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