Kataka-taka plant

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Hey guys. I've got this growing in pots and in my garden. It's spread out through pups. Can you tell me if it's the Kataka-taka plant, which apparently is prevalent in the Ph and sometimes called the miracle plant, please? If it is, would you mind telling me what it is useful for, please. Shalom.
 

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ChristianTonyB said:
Hey guys. I've got this growing in pots and in my garden. It's spread out through pups. Can you tell me if it's the Kataka-taka plant, which apparently is prevalent in the Ph and sometimes called the miracle plant, please? If it is, would you mind telling me what it is useful for, please. Shalom.
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Maybe you can smoke it.
 
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Thanks for this link. It sure looks like it. Why I’m confused is someone from Ph over here looked at it recently and said they didn’t think it was??? It was left by the previous owners.
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Well, it's yours now. 😊 Maybe there are copycat ones. You know how some plants will have a seeming twin out there?
 
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Doesn't look the same to me as the other. There are dozens of fleshy broad leaf plants out there, probably hundreds, maybe thousands, and as a non-native to that place, I wouldn't bet your life, or anyone else's on it, till you're 100% sure.
I think it is not, by viewing.
 
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Doesn't look the same to me as the other. There are dozens of fleshy broad leaf plants out there, probably hundreds, maybe thousands, and as a non-native to that place, I wouldn't bet your life, or anyone else's on it, till you're 100% sure.
I think it is not, by viewing.
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You are probably right. There is some difference in leaf shape to the samples on that website, and maybe pups growing around the perimeter of leaves is a system God has used in other plant species. It looks like it's a cycad.
 
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ChristianTonyB said:
Hey guys. I've got this growing in pots and in my garden. It's spread out through pups. Can you tell me if it's the Kataka-taka plant, which apparently is prevalent in the Ph and sometimes called the miracle plant, please? If it is, would you mind telling me what it is useful for, please. Shalom.
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Hello. I think it's a variety of what we had at home when I was young. Meaning surprisingly strange, the kataka- taka plant germinates from leaves much like African violets do🙂
 
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mar09 said:
Hello. I think it's a variety of what we had at home when I was young. Meaning surprisingly
strange, the kataka- taka plant germinates from leaves much like African violets do🙂
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That's so interesting! African violets are very pretty :)

 
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The first and third pics show a definite succulent variety, and my first thought is of the kalanchoe. However, there are so many varieties of them I couldn't begin to narrow down the possibilities. And then I looked up kataka taka plant and it brought up genus: kalanchoe species: pinnata. Perhaps you can go from there in your attempt to identify the particular species in your garden.
 
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Kalanchoe pinnata, commonly known as cathedral bells, air plant, life plant, miracle leaf, and Goethe plant is a succulent plant native to Madagascar. It is a popular houseplant and has become naturalized in tropical and subtropical areas. Wikipedia
Scientific name: Kalanchoe pinnata
Rank: Species
Family: Crassulaceae
Kingdom: Plantae
Order: Saxifragales
 
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From Wiki as previous post. Here jumps to medicinal use. some interesting applications.

Toxicity and traditional medicine[edit]
In common with other species belonging to the Crassulaceae (including certain members of the genera Tylecodon, Cotyledon and Adromischus), Kalanchoe pinnata has been found to contain bufadienolide cardiac glycosides[13] These can cause cardiac poisoning, particularly in grazing animals.[14][15]

Bryophyllum pinnatum has been recorded in Trinidad and Tobago as being used as a traditional treatment for hypertension.[16]

In traditional medicine, the juice of the leaves is also used for kidney stones, although there is ongoing research and some scientific evidence for this use but further research is required. In the French Antilles, Kalanchoe pinnata, called zeb maltet, is used in local application against headaches. For the people of the Amazon, kalanchoe has multiple uses: the Creoles use it roasted against inflammations and cancer and as an infusion, and as a popular remedy for fevers. The Palikur people of Brazil and French Guiana apply a preparation of the juice of Kalanchoe leaves mixed with coconut oil to their foreheads to treat headache.[17]

Chemical constituents[edit]
Bufadienolide compounds isolated from Bryophyllum pinnatum include bryophillin A, bersaldegenin-3-acetate, and bryophillin C.[18] Bryophillin C also showed insecticidal properties.[19]

Phytochemical studies of Kalanchoe pinnata have identified the presence of triterpenes, steroid, phenanthrene, flavonoid, flavones, chalcones, taraxasterol, aurones, phenolic acid, caffeic acid, syringic acid, malic, oxalic and ferulic acid. Bufadienolides and phenanthrene are toxic compounds. Two calves fed for 48 hours with K. pinnata have been reported to have died due to ataxia and severe cardiac arrhythmia.[20]
 
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