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Begonia mannii

Botanic Family

Begoniaceae

Author

Hooker f.

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Cameroon
• Congo
• Equatorial Guinea
• Gabon
• Guinea
• Gulf of Guinea Islands
• Ivory Coast
• Liberia
• Nigeria
• Sierra Leone

Natural Habitats

• Cutover forest
• sparse shade
• montane areas

Flowering Times

• Mar
• May
• Jun

Fruiting Times

Climbing or creeping epiphyte with woody stems,branchlets with rusty pubescence, stem-rooting. Mucronate leaves to 120mm x 50mmAxillary or lateral few-flowered cymes, red flowers, male flowers pink with 2 or 4 sepals 8mm long hairy on back & 2 petals, female flowers 25mm diameter with 2 sepals, 2 petals & tomentose ovary. Tomentose capsule to 50mm.

Further References

• Bailey 1976
• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA
• Kew
• Gleason & Moldenke