Bitterroot Restoration

Order: Saxifragales
Family: Crassulaceae
Common name: patharkuchi(Beng.); American life plant(Eng.).
Life cycle: Perennial
Native Range: Native to Madagascar

Kalanchoe pinnata is distinctive for the profusion of miniature plantlets that form on the margins of its leaves, a trait it has in common with the other members of the Bryophyllum section of the Kalanchoe genus.

Kalanchoe species have been used to treat ailments such as infections, rheumatism and inflammation. Kalanchoe extracts also have immunosuppressive effects. Kalanchoe pinnata has been recorded in Trinidad and Tobago as being used as a traditional treatment for hypertension and for the treatment of kidney stones in India where is goes by the name of Pather Chat or Paan-futti.