Chiba University Matsudo/Kashiwa Campus Plant Database

Details of genus: Kalanchoe Adans. [665]

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accepted: Accepted

Family: Crassulaceae

family_ja: ベンケイソウ

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description_en: Genus of about 130 species of annual, biennial, and perennial succulents, shrubs, climbers, and small trees, occurring in semi-desert or shady areas of Saudi Arabia, Yemen (including Socotra), C. Africa, South Africa, Madagascar, Asia, Australia, and tropical America. Some are tree-like or shrubby, others are more spreading in habit. All have fleshy stems bearing simple to 2-pinnatisect, rarely pinnate, toothed or scalloped, fleshy leaves, arranged in opposite pairs, rarely alternate or whorled. Diurnal, showy, bell-shaped, urn-shaped, or tubular, 4-lobed flowers, often swollen in the middle or at the bases, are borne in terminal, occasionally lateral, cyme-like or corymb-like panicles. Where temperatures drop below 12°C (54°F), grow as houseplants or in a temperate or warm greenhouse; some spreading species are particularly effective in a hanging basket. In warmer climates, grow outdoors in a shrub border or in beds.

hardiness_en: Frost tender.

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propagation_en: Sow seed at 21°C (70°F) in early spring. Remove offsets and plantlets from leaves or inflorescences, or take stem cuttings, in spring or summer.

pests_en: Susceptible to mealybugs, aphids, downy mildew, and leaf spot.

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comment: OW tropic

comment_ja: リュウキュウベンケイ

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Update Information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2020-09-04 03:56

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