Begonia albococcinea – eFlora of India

March 13, 2014
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Begonia

Begonia albococcinea Hook., Bot. Mag. 71: t. 4172 1845. (Syn: Begonia grahamiana Wight; Begonia wightiana Wall. [Invalid]; Mitscherlichia albococcinea (Hook.) Klotzsch; Mitscherlichia grahamiana Hassk.);

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Stemless herbs. Leaves 8 x 12 cm, orbicular, entire, pubescent below, nerves 10, radiating; petiole 12 cm long, densely pubescent. Scape 14-20 cm long, branching; cymes 5 cm across, dichotomous; pedicels 1 cm long, hispid. Flowers few; male sepals 4, outer sepals 7 x 9 mm, pale rose; inner sepals 7 x 5 mm, curved, hispid.

Flowering and fruiting: Throughout the year

Evergreen forests

Southern Western Ghats

(From India Biodiversity Portal

Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi)

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Images by Nadeem Waqif (Id help by K M Prabhu Kumar) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links)

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begonia for ID – Wayanad – 21022014-NAW1 : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2).

A begonia (?) in the garden section of the Gurukula Botanical Sanctuary, North Wayanad, Kerala.

Photographed mid-Jan 2014.

A chance for Begonia albo-coccinea ?

I guess it matches with Begonia albococcinea Hook. FoPI

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References: The Plant List Ver.1.1 Tropicos India Biodiversity Portal FoPI

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