Species

B. malabarica var. malabarica

Photos

5 photos

Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. malabarica var. malabarica
Form Variety: var. malabarica
Author: Lamarck, Encyc.
Publication Date: 1785
Place: Western Ghats 800’ - 1000’ (R. Morris 2009) and (R.Morris 2012-13)
Country: India, Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
Region: Asia
Section: unassigned to a section
Chr 2n: 28, 60
Plant Type: Cane-like
Synonyms and Comments: Etymology: after the historical name for India’s southwest historical name; B. fallax; B. malabarica Lamarck var. rheedii A. de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1):392. 1864.—C.B. Clarke in J.D. Hooker, Fl. Brit. Ind. 2:656. 1879; B.rubrosetulosa A. de Candolle. 1864;
Reference: Encyc. 1:393. 1785.—L.B. Smith, D.C. Wasshausen, J. Golding, & C. Karegeannes, Begoniaceae, Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 60:196. 1986.—Kumar, Gopal & Nair, Begonian 72:135-140, pl. 1 & 2. 2005. India; JGSL9/08; Beg 91 p91 May/Jun 2024;
Article References: Beg. 3:4. Feb. 1936; Tebbitt, Begonias 5:120-21. 2005. Arun K. Sharma & U. C. Bhattacharyya (1961) Cytological Studies in Begonia — II, Caryologia, 14:2, 279-301; Hughes M. et al., Asian Begonia 194, 2018;
Photo References: JBS, Begonias :25. 1980; Hughes M. et al., Asian Begonia 193-4, 2018; Exotica - Pictorial Encyclopedia of Indoor plants; Begonias, Misono 1974: 84 (126); Beg 91 p 91 May/Jun 2024;

Plant

Description: Variable sp. Several forms reported by R. Morris. 2009.
Other Features: The plant has medicinal uses in its local region

Lineage

9 descendants

Parents

No parentage recorded.

Etymology: after the historical name for India’s southwest historical name; B. fallax; B. malabarica Lamarck var. rheedii A. de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1):392. 1864.—C.B. Clarke in J.D. Hooker, Fl. Brit. Ind. 2:656. 1879; B.rubrosetulosa A. de Candolle. 1864;