Non-toxic, valuable medicinal plant
The breeding leaf is considered a valuable medicinal plant in those countries where it thrives in the wild. The list of indications is based on traditional applications and empirical values, some modes of action have also been scientifically proven in the meantime.
The following substances can be detected:
- Isocitric acid
- Malic acid
- free tartaric acid
- Bufadienolide
- Alkaloids
- Calcium oxalate
- Flavonoids
- Anthocyanins
- Tannins
None of these substances is highly toxic, so you can cultivate the Kalanchoe Daigremontiana relatively safely in households with children or pets.
Tips
This plant is hard to get in the trade, which is due to its ability to reproduce. In greenhouses it forms so many offshoots that fall down and colonize the smallest cracks that it can become an almost ineradicable weed.
