Kalanchoe tomentosa, also known as the panda plant, pussy ears, or chocolate soldier, is a species of succulent plant in the family Crassulaceae. A native of Madagascar, it is widely cultivated as an ornamental plant due to its distinctive velvety, silver-green leaves with chocolate-brown markings. It has received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
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Is it poisonous?
Considered toxic. Public sources list it as such; we have not verified this individually. The note covers its whole genus. Bufadienolides; cardiotoxic to animals Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Saxifragales
- Family
- Crassulaceae
- Genus
- Kalanchoe
- Species
- Kalanchoe tomentosa
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