Kalanchoe pinnata (Lam.) Pers.

Cocor bebek (Kalanchoe pinnata) is an upright succulent 30-200 cm tall of the Crassulaceae family, originating from Madagascar and now distributed across both tropical and cooler climate regions. Its distinctive thick leaves can sprout new plantlets along their edges, making it an easily propagated ornamental plant, even used as a natural shampoo ingredient. Traditionally, cocor bebek is believed to relieve bruises, fever, and stomach pain.

Can grow wild on ravine edges, roadsides, and rocky ground in hot, dry areas. Grows from lowlands up to elevations of 1,000 m above sea level, with average rainfall of 1,000-2,000 mm/year and an annual temperature of 22.5°C. Prefers full sunlight as well as shaded locations.

• Stem upright, soft, square-shaped and jointed.
• Leaves green, thick and watery, single, oblong with a short stalk.
• Flowers compound panicle-shaped, cylindrical purplish-red calyx, funnel-shaped red petals.
• Fruit a capsule, purple with white flecks.
• Seeds small, white in color.

• Propagation of cocor bebek can be done using leaves.
• A picked leaf will form plantlet buds in the notches along its edges.

Alkaloids, terpenoids, flavonoids, saponins, tannins, sitosterol, α-amyrin, β-amyrin acetate, bryophyllin A, arachidic acid, astragalin, benzenoid, behenic acid, steroids, butadienolides.

Treats bruises (contusio), antipyretic, treats stomach pain, treats boils, antirheumatic, treats hemorrhoids, anticancer, fever.

• Take fresh cocor bebek leaves.
• Wet sorting (leaf stalks and shoot parts discarded) then wash thoroughly. Chop the leaves into small pieces.
• Air-dry or oven-dry at 40 °C for 96 hours until dry.
• Dry-sort the material then grind and sift with a 60 mesh sieve.

Ceker itik (Sunda), Suru bebek, Sosor bebek, Teres (Java), Sidingin beueu (Aceh).