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Botanical Family · Cucurbitales

Begoniaceae

Begonia Family

8 speciesOrder Cucurbitales7+ well-known plants

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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Representative BEGONIACEAE specimen
Representative specimen · Begoniaceae
Key pattern

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.

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Which Begoniaceae species is this?

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Leaf ShapeWhat is the overall shape of the leaf blade?
Cordate (heart-shaped)
Ovate
Ovate (egg-shaped, broad at base)
Sagittate (arrowhead-shaped)
Leaf SurfaceWhat does the leaf surface feel or look like?
Glabrous (smooth, hairless)
Pubescent (softly hairy)
Leaf SurfaceWhat does the leaf surface feel or look like?
Glabrous
Glabrous (smooth, hairless)
Leaf SurfaceWhat does the leaf surface feel or look like?
Pubescent
Pubescent (softly hairy)
Tomentose (woolly, matted hairs)

Notable members

Red And White BegoniaBegonia albococcineaKonkan BegoniaBegonia concanensisCommon BegoniaBegonia crenataClubed BegoniaBegonia cucullataWoolly BegoniaBegonia flocciferaStar BegoniaBegonia heracleifoliaMalabar BegoniaBegonia malabarica

All 8 species in BEGONIACEAE

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