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HERB. HORT. EDINB. te AMTNUATINUA TOOT NOTATION copyright reserved ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH MINN E00679365 MSC Trip to Belize 2002 Begoniaceae Begonia fischeri Schrank District: Cayo District Monkey Tail River bank, Chiquibul Forest Reserve Rainforest. 16°44'25"N, 88°56'09"W Herb. Stem circular, 30-35cm long, 2cm wide, green and soft inside, almost woody outside (dark green, golden) with abundant adventitious roots, showing scars of old leaves. Petioles of old leaves softer than the ones of young leaves. Young leaves thin, soft and waxy. On the upper side darker green close to the veins, with abundant red hairs on the under side and some hairs on the upper side. The old leaves shiny and glabrous. Pedicels of the inflorescence pinkish and hairy. Fruit 3-winged, one of the wings larger that the other two. Silvia Perez Espona No. 15 a . 92 Aner anna
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