Malabari Kapru / Malabar Begonia
Begonia malabarica
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala
- Flowering
- August-April
How to identify Malabari Kapru
Identify Malabari Kapru by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Confirm leaf shape: Cordate (heart-shaped).
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: August-April.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala.
- Confirm it sits within the Begoniaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Malabari Kapru.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Begonia malabarica
- Genus
- Begonia
- Family
- Begoniaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- India, Sri Lanka
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-April
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Cordate (heart-shaped)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Characters marked “recorded” are for Malabari Kapru itself; the rest are typical of the Begoniaceae family.
Local Names
- Tamil
- செங்குருந்து
- Malayalam
- ബെഗോണിയ മലബാറിക്ക
- Marathi
- मलबारी काप्रु malabari kapru
About Malabari Kapru
Malabar Begonia (Begonia malabarica) belongs to the Begoniaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. It grows in evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from August to April.
Begoniaceae
Begonia Family
Malabari Kapru belongs to the Begoniaceae family.
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