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			\|familia=Crassulaceae
			\|genus=Kalanchoe
			\|species=beharensis
			\|common_name=Felt plant, Giant kalanchoe
			\|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
			\|habit=shrub
			\|Max ht box=10
			\|Max ht metric=ft
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			\|Max wd box=3
			\|Max wd metric=ft
			\|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
			\|origin=Madagascar
			\|origin_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
			\|lifespan=perennial
			\|life_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
			\|exposure=sun
			\|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
			\|features=flowers
			\|flower_season=early winter
			\|flower_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
			\|flowers=yellow
			\|Temp Metric=°F
			\|min_zone=10
			\|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
			\|max_zone=11
			\|jumpin=If this plant info box on watering; zones; height; etc. is mostly empty you can click on the edit tab and fill in the blanks!
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			\|image_width=240
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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Kalanchoe beharensis''
| image = Kalanchoe_beharensis.JPG
| image_width = 240px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Saxifragales]]
| familia = [[Crassulaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Kalanchoe]]''
| species = '''''K. beharensis'''''
| binomial = ''Kalanchoe beharensis''
| binomial_authority = [[Emmanuel Drake del Castillo|Drake]]
}}

'''''Kalanchoe beharensis''''' ('''Elephant's ear Kalanchoe''') is a plant [[species]] in the succulent [[genus]] [[Kalanchoe]], [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] to [[Madagascar]].

It is a fairly large [[shrub]] in stature, up to 6 m tall. It has large, triangular opposite leaves which are irregularly lobed and typically covered with felt-like hair. In mature leaves, the hair is rusty, or even golden, on top and silvery on the underside. The leaves can reach 12-35 cm long and 7-35 cm wide. It has green-yellow urn-shape flowers with violet veining.

===Cultivation===
It is grown as a decorative indoor plant, being very easy to culture. Propagation is by cutting or breaking off a leaf, letting it sit in the shade for two or three days, and then repot the leaf so it is partly covered by soil.

[[Category:Crassulaceae]]

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