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Kalanchoe lanceolata
Also called Sneeze Plant
Narrow-leaved kalanchoe is a succulent herb in the stonecrop family, grown as a houseplant or ornamental in warm climates. It needs bright light and well-drained soil, and should be kept away from pets and livestock because it contains toxic compounds.
Kalanchoe lanceolata, commonly known as the narrow-leaved kalanchoe, is a species of succulent plant in the family Crassulaceae. It is native to tropical and southern Africa, Madagascar, the southwestern Arabian Peninsula, and the Indian subcontinent. The plant is widely used in traditional medicine across Africa and India, and is also cultivated as an ornamental.
Kalanchoe lanceolata is cultivated as an ornamental plant in gardens and as a houseplant.
The leaves and flowers contain bufadienolides, cardiac glycosides that can cause acute cardiac toxicity and death in livestock when consumed in large quantities.
Kalanchoe lanceolata has a remarkably wide native range, spanning tropical and southern Africa, southwestern Madagascar, the southwestern Arabian Peninsula (Yemen), and the Indian subcontinent. Its African distribution includes Senegal, Guinea, Mali, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini, and South Africa (where it occurs in the provinces of Limpopo, Gauteng, North West, and Mpumalanga).
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.
