Begonia arboreta Y.M.Shui

Species

Angiosperms > Cucurbitales > Begoniaceae > Begonia

Characteristics

Herbs, deciduous, epiphytic. Tubers subglobose, ca. 1 cm in diam. Leaves solitary; stipules caducous, basal, glabrous; petiole 12-14 cm; blade asymmetric, broadly ovate, 14-15 × 14-17 cm, papery, venation palmate, 3-5-veined, base obliquely cordate, margin irregularly repand-denticulate, distinctly lobed, divided to 3/5 of leaf length; lobes lanceolate, apex acuminate. Inflorescences 10-12 cm tall, terminal, glabrous; bracts caducous, ovate, ca. 0.6 × 0.2 mm. Staminate flowers not seen. Pistillate flowers: pedicel 3-3.3 cm; tepals not seen; ovary glabrous, 3-loculed; placentae axile, bilamellate; styles 3; stigmas 2-cleft. Capsule pendulous, 2-2.4 × 1.2-1.4 cm, subequally 3-winged; abaxial wing slightly larger, apex subtruncate.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality monoecy
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Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.12
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Germination duration (days) 15 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
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Distribution

Begonia arboreta world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:20006662-1
WFO ID wfo-0000823358
COL ID 8S465
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Synonyms

Begonia arboreta