Begoniaceae
Begonia L.
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Kingdom: Plantae Rank: Genus Parent: Begoniaceae Status: Valid
Morphological Description
Diagnosis: Herbs and vines, one species a shrub. Leaves more or less succulent, weakly serrate, very thin and almost transparent when dry. Infructescence terminal. Fruit a capsule, to 3 cm, brown when mature, with three wings, one elongated and two reduced, reticulately nerved and somewhat translucent. Seeds small, many per fruit. Distribution: Mexico to Peru and Bolivia, but more speciose in the Old World tropics.