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Family: Begoniaceae
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Begonia heliostrophe Kiew
Isotype of Begonia heliostrophe Kiew
Collector/Expedition: Kiew, Ruth
Collection number: RK 4293
Collection date: 30th April 1997
Country/Territory: Malaysia:Sabah
Collecting locality: Malaysia:Sabah:Sukau, Bukit Batangan
Habitat: Rocks at base of hill and also near top.
Description: cane begonia with deep brown-red woody stems with swollen nodes, leaves glossy, uniformly mid-green above, slightly pinkish beneath, leaf apex erect, veins slightly raised above, plane beneath, bracts pale green, caducous, infloresence with 2 female flowers with ovary crimson red tinged with green and 5 peachy pink-orange tepals, bracts reddish-green, male flowers on erect much-branched zigzag branches above leaves deep magenta with many small male flowers, tepals 4 yellow, fruit pendant and dangling on fine pedicel, wings papery one slightly larger.
Kind of specimen: HERBARIUM SHEET
Barcode: E00879809
Herbarium region: 6C (Malay Islands)
Number of sheets: 1
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