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Begonia coccinea

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Name

Identification
Begonia coccinea Hook. [family BEGONIACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet., Begonia densifolia Irmsch. [family BEGONIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Begonia densifolia
  • Begonia coccinea
  • Pritzelia unrecorded

Flora

Entry for Begonia coccinea Hook. [family BEGONIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 4, Part 0, page 499, (1978) Author: F. K. Kupicha
Names
Begonia coccinea Hook. [family BEGONIACEAE]
Information
is a tall, sturdy plant with entire-margined, linear-lanceolate, glabrous leaves up to 13 cm. long; there are often spiny buds in the leaf-axils; both the flowers and fruit are bright scarlet, the capsules broadly 3-winged.
Range
native to Brazil.
Notes
Alien Begonia species are occasionally found as escapes from cultivation.

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