Begonia grandis subsp. sinensis (A.Dc.) Irmsch.

Subspecies

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Characteristics

Stem 20-40 cm tall, weak, usually not branched. Leaf blade abaxially pale, occasionally reddish, elliptic-ovate or triangular-ovate, 5-12(-20) × 3.5-9(-13) cm, both surfaces glabrous or subglabrous. Filaments connate for less than 2 mm. Styles connate or slightly connate at base, branched; stigma spirally tortuous, rarely U-shaped.
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A herb. The stems are 20-40 cm long. The leaves are pale underneath. They are a triangular oval shape and 5-12 cm long by 4-9 cm wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.4
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a subtropical plant. It grows in forests on limestone in shaded moist places between 300-3,400 m above sea level. In Sichuan and Yunnan.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

Usage

Uses food medicinal
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°) -12
Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Begonia grandis subsp. sinensis world distribution map, present in China and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60475835-2
WFO ID wfo-0000824180
COL ID 7YGRS
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Begonia bulbosa Begonia sinensis Begonia evansiana var. sinensis Begonia grandis subsp. sinensis