Begonia trichocarpa – eFlora of India

February 9, 2011
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Begonia

Begonia trichocarpa Dalzell, Hooker’s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 3: 230 1851.

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Large herbs; stem reddish, flaccid, sub-erect, hispid. Leaves to 8 x 3 cm, ovate-oblong, acuminate, obliquely cordate at base, hirtus, membranous, 5-nerved from the base; petiole 1-3 cm long, hispid; stipule 6 x 2 mm, lanceolate. Cymes 2 cm across, lateral; peduncle 1-2 cm long. Flowers 1-3 together; male sepals 4, outer sepals 5 x 7 mm, hispid; inner smaller, curved, glabrous; female sepals 4 or 5, similar to male flowers; ovary hispid, 3-locular, placenta single, styles 3, each divided in to two branches at apex. Capsule 1 x 2 cm obovate, truncate at apex, wings acute above, subequal; seeds minute, many, hexagonal.

Flowering and fruiting: August-December

Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests

Western Ghats (Endemic)

(From India Biodiversity Portal

Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi)
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450-Muthodi:ID assistance requested : 2 posts by 2 authors. 4 correct images as above.

Submitting images of a specimen. for Id assistance.

Date/time:6-08-2014/ 6-36 PM

Location: Muthodi in Bhadra Tiger Reserve, Chikmagalur, Karnataka, about 1100msl

Habitat: Wild, occurring in a moist place.

Habit; Terrestrial herb

Begonia crenata

I think there are two different species.

Pl. check with images of

Begonia phrixophylla Blatt. & McCann

Begonia trichocarpa Dalzell

I think same in other post: 52-TSP-ID-04MAY2016: Images of Begonia sp (Begoniaceae) for ID

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52-TSP-ID-04MAY2016: Images of Begonia sp (Begoniaceae) for ID : 4 posts by 3 authors. 4 correct images.

Kindly identify this Begonia sp (Begoniaceae)

Habit: Herb

Habitat: Wild, Semi-evergreen forest

Sighting: Bhadra Tiger Reserve, Chikmagalur, Karnataka, about 1200 msl

Date: 06-08-2014

Is it Begonia grandis?

There appears to be two plants. Pl. check: Begonia malabarica Lam. & Begonia concanensis A.DC.

Begonia trichocarpa Dalzell ??

Yes, appears close to images at Begonia trichocarpa

1 I think is B. trichocarpa
2 is B. hydrophila Miq., currently a synonym of B. malabarica but it needs resurrecting.

On further scrutiny, I think images 1st and 3rd to 5th belong to the same plant.

Rajpipla situated in Eastern Gujarat- Sept’09?;

Help needed for Idnetification of Flower and Plant from Rajpipla, Gujarat – indiantreepix | Google Groups

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References:

The Plant List GRIN India Biodiversity Portal 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants

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