Panfuti –पानफुटी
➢ It is a succulent herb.
➢ The leaves are simple, opposite with each pair at right angle to the
pair above and below it. They are ovate, thick, succulent and having
a rounded teethed margin which is usually brown in color. A single
leaf can give rise to many plantlets, hence the name ‘Panphuti’.
➢ The flowers are arranged in much branched, terminal inflorescences.
The flowers are attractive, bell-shaped, drooping, with opposite
stout branches. The sepals are papery and petals reddish to purple
in color.
➢ The fruit is of follicle type of pod and in the persistent sepals and
petals, containing many seeds.
BOTANICAL NAME
Kalanchoe pinnata (Lam.) Pers
FAMILY
Crassulaceae
FLOWERING
January – March
FRUITING
January – March
PROPAGATION
It can be propagated by seeds and leaves or stem
cuttings
PLANT PART USED
Leaves
COMMON NAMES:
Air Plant, Miracle Leaf, Katakataka, Donkey Ears,
Life Plant, Leaf of Life, Resurrection Plant, Canterbury Bells, Cathedral
Bells, Mexican Love Plant, Floppers; Hindi: Amar poi, Panphuti; Bengali:
Kop pata; Malayalam: Elamarunna; Manipuri: Manahidak; Tamil:
Runakkalli
USES
✓ The plant is ornamental and grown outdoors in parks, gardens as
well as indoors at homes, offices.
✓ It is a caterpillar food plant.
✓ The leaves are used as a spice and are edible.
✓ It is used to treat kidney stones.
✓ The leaves are externally used to treat skin inflammation, sores,
scars, discoloration, insect bites and for wounds as antiseptic.
✓ Leaves are ingested to treat dysentery, diarrhea, bronchitis,
pneumonia, cholera and jaundice.
✓ Leaf juice is used for earache and ophthalmia.
✓ It is used as astringent, antiseptic, and counterirritant against
poisonous insect bites.
✓ It enhances skin’s tone and elasticity.
