Amar Poi / Air Plant
Bryophyllum pinnatum
Also known as Good Luck Leaf, Hawaiian Air Plant, Life Plant, Miracle Leaf
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Himachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh & more
- Flowering
- December-March
How to identify Amar Poi
Identify Amar Poi by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Tiny plantlets sprout from notches along the leaf edge (miracle leaf).
- Confirm leaf type: Pinnately compound.
- Confirm leaf shape: Elliptic.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Panicle.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: December-March.
- In India, compare location records such as Himachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and nearby regions.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Bryophyllum pinnatum
- Genus
- Bryophyllum
- Family
- Crassulaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Rocky areas in moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Native to
- Tropical Africa
- Distribution
- Pantropical
- Found in India
- Himachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- December-March
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Pinnately compoundrecordedLeaflets are arranged in rows along a central stalk, like a feather.“Simple at the base of the stem, the leaves are imparipinnate at the top, 10–30 cm (4–12 in) long, with three to five pairs of fleshy limb lobes.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf shape
- EllipticrecordedWidest at the middle, tapering evenly at both ends.“The leaves of this species are thick, fleshy, elliptical in shape, curved, with a crenate or serrated margin, often reddish.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf margin
- ToothedrecordedA saw-like or jagged edge (serrate or dentate).“The leaves of this species are thick, fleshy, elliptical in shape, curved, with a crenate or serrated margin, often reddish.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Characters marked “recorded” are for Amar Poi itself; the rest are typical of the Crassulaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower arrangement
- PaniclerecordedA branching cluster of clusters.“The terminal inflorescence is a panicle, with many pendent, red-orange flowers.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Panicle
Characters marked “recorded” are for Amar Poi itself; the rest are typical of the Crassulaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- Amar poi अमर पोई
- Malayalam
- Elamarunna
- Tamil
- Runakkalli
- Bengali
- Kop pata
- Manipuri
- ꯃꯅꯥꯍꯤꯗꯥꯛ Manahidak
- Marathi
- पानफुटी Panphuti
- Mizo
- Hnahchhah
- Urdu
- Zakhmhaiyat ﺯﺧﻢ ﺣﻴﺎﺕ
About Amar Poi
A member of the Crassulaceae family, Air plant (Bryophyllum pinnatum) is a herb. In India it has been recorded in Himachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh and 2 other states. It grows in rocky areas in moist deciduous forests, also in the plains. Flowering and fruiting run from December to March.
Uses
In practice it is planted as an ornamental.
Crassulaceae
Orpine Or Stonecrop Family
Amar Poi belongs to the Crassulaceae family.
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