Bryophyllum pinnatum

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Date collected: December 04, 1999
Collected by: Joyce Ann Edgar

Synonym:

  1. Genus species: Bryophyllum pinnatum [Tentative identification by D. Lee Ling]
  2. Family: Crassulaceae
  3. English name:
  4. Chuukese name:
  5. Kosraean name:
  6. Mwokilese name: Lamlam
  7. Yapese name:
  8. Growth form: Shrub
  9. Growth location: terrestrial
  10. Growth environment: cultivated garden
  11. Growth zone: tropical
  12. Average height: 75 cm
  13. Stem: thick. kind of smooth; thick
  14. Leaf arrangement: opposite
  15. Stipule: absent
  16. Petioles: 4-6 cm
  17. Leaf blade: crenate shape; obcordate tip; cordate to oblique base; pinnate venation
  18. Inflorescence:
  19. Floral bracts: none
  20. Flower: none observed at collection time
  21. Calyx: none observed at collection time
  22. Corrola: none observed at collection time
  23. Stamens: none observed at collection time
  24. Ovary: none observed at collection time
  25. Style: none observed at collection time
  26. Fruit: none
  27. Seed: none
  28. Anything else: plant-like structures are formed between the leaf margin; fell off and a plant grows
  29. Cultural usage:

See also:

http://www.hear.org/pier3/brpin.htm
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/6400/kalanchoe/kalanchoe.html

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