Begoniaceae
Begonia Family
The Begoniaceae family (Begonia Family) is a botanical family placed in the order Cucurbitales. In the SASYA catalogue it spans 8 species. Its members are predominantly herbs. Familiar examples include Red and White Begonia, Konkan Begonia and Common Begonia.
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Asymmetric, often colourfully patterned leaves on succulent-stemmed herbs; flowers are unisexual on the same plant, with female flowers sitting beneath a distinctively winged, three-angled inferior ovary that ripens into a winged capsule.
The three-winged seed capsule, visible even before it ripens, is one of the most reliable single field marks for spotting a begonia at a glance.
Which Begoniaceae species is this?
Answer what you can see and narrow it down to a single Begoniaceae species.
To check whether a plant belongs to Begoniaceae, compare the leaf arrangement, leaf type, flower symmetry, fruit type, and one distinctive marker together. A single feature can mislead; the family pattern is the combination.
Learn the full family-identification methodNotable members
Families that can look similar
Cucurbitaceae
Compare against Cucurbitaceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.
Compare CucurbitaceaeDatiscaceae
Compare against Datiscaceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.
Compare DatiscaceaeAll 8 species in BEGONIACEAE
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