Begonia coccinea Hook.

Scarlet begonia (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Cucurbitales > Begoniaceae > Begonia

Characteristics

A perennial monoecious herb. It grows 1.15-1.5m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.0
Mature height (meter) 1.15 - 1.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 4-6
Soil humidity 2-7
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-11

Usage

Uses environmental use gene source
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 15 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Begonia coccinea leaf picture by Lia Logarezzi (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Begonia coccinea world distribution map, present in Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Fiji, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, Taiwan, Province of China, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:315561-2
WFO ID wfo-0000823675
COL ID 87SDR
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 629152
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Begonia coccinea Pritzelia coccinea