What are the propagation methods for Bryophyllum delagoense?

Bryophyllum delagoense can often be seen on the tile roofs of old houses in southern villages. It is native to southern Madagascar, Africa. Do you know how to propagate Bryophyllum delagoense?

1. How to propagate Bryophyllum delagoense

Remove the adventitious buds from the leaf tips of Bryophyllum delagoense and plant them to grow into mature plants; it can also be propagated by cuttings. For pot cultivation, sandy loam soil is suitable; do not water too much, just keep the soil moist.

2. Morphological characteristics of Bryophyllum delagoense

The stem is upright and pinkish-brown, about 1 m tall when mature and about 10 cm when young. The leaves are round and rod-shaped, with grooves on the upper surface, and pink; on the serrations at the leaf tips there are many small plantlets that have already rooted (produced by adventitious buds). The inflorescence is terminal, and the small flowers are red.

3. Uses of Bryophyllum delagoense

Bryophyllum delagoense has a very good effect of cooling the blood and stopping bleeding, and can clear heat and detoxify. It has a very good therapeutic effect on traumatic bleeding or bruises and injuries; it also has clearly very good therapeutic effects on some furuncles and carbuncles, or breast abscesses; breast cancer; erysipelas, or ulcers and scalds. Bryophyllum delagoense also has a very good therapeutic effect on cough due to lung heat.

Bryophyllum delagoense is suitable for small pot cultivation and for indoor ornamental display. Small rooted plantlets often grow at the leaf tips, giving it fairly good ornamental value.

The whole plant of Bryophyllum delagoense can be used as medicine, and it can be collected throughout the year, mostly for fresh use.