Begonia udisilvestris C.Dc.

Species

Angiosperms > Cucurbitales > Begoniaceae > Begonia

Characteristics

Herbaceous, 1 m. high, branching, completely glabrous except for a ring of trichomes at the apex of the petiole. Leaves transverse or oblique, ovate, cordate at base, long-acuminate, palminerved, to 11.5 cm. long, serrulate, petioles slender, to 11 cm. long, verruculose, stipules deciduous. Cymes few-flowered, regular, about equaling the leaves or shorter. Bracts deciduous, entire. Staminate tepals 4, entire, the outer suborbicular, 5 mm. long, the inner narrowly obovate, shorter.
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Stamens free, anthers oblong, shorter than the filaments. Pistillate tepals 3, the outer two suborbicular, 5 mm. long, the inner one much smaller and narrower. Ovary 3-celled, placentae bilamellate, ovuliferous throughout, styles deciduous, connate at base, bifid. Capsule erect, ovoid, attenuate into a slender beak, wings equal, very narrow.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.6 - 0.7
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-10

Usage

Uses -
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°) 1
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Begonia udisilvestris unspecified picture

Distribution

Begonia udisilvestris world distribution map, present in Costa Rica and Panama

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30970-2
WFO ID wfo-0000825804
COL ID 7SHW8
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Begonia udisilvestris Begonia salvadorensis