Begonia macrocarpa Warb.

Species

Angiosperms > Cucurbitales > Begoniaceae > Begonia

Characteristics

An erect herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 110 cm tall. The stems are succulent and swollen at the nodes. The leaves are alternate and simple. They are 4-15 cm long by 3-6 cm wide. They are heart shaped at the base. The flowering stalks are in the axils of leaves and male and female flowers are separate. The fruit are winged capsules.
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An erect succulent herb creeping at the base, stem often red-purple
Sepals white with red base, or pink to purple.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.05
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Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

Primary and secondary forest, especially along roads and rivers, at elevations up to 1,000 metres.
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It is a tropical plant.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The leaves are cooked and eaten as an acid substitute for sorrel. It is eaten with fish or meat in stews.
Uses food gene source
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 15 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
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Distribution

Begonia macrocarpa world distribution map, present in Angola, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:105119-1
WFO ID wfo-0000824686
COL ID 87YV2
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Begonia bruneelii Begonia romeensis Begonia gouroana Begonia gracilicaulis Begonia latistipula Begonia zenkeri Begonia macrocarpa var. pubescens Begonia macrocarpa Begonia pseudimpatiens Begonia simii