| East-Indian Begonia |
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| File size | 484147 |
| Original date | 3/14/21 8:35 AM |
| Resolution | 5184 x 3888 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 9.9mm |
| Exposure time | 1/100s |
| Aperture | 4.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | COOLPIX B700 |
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Botanical name: Begonia thomsonii Family: Begoniaceae (Begonia family)
East-Indian Begonia is a herb 15-30 cm high, fleshy;
rootstock tuberous. Leaves are basal and on stem; blade 6.5-9.8 x
6.9-9.5 cm, oblique, heart-shaped, densely hairy on both the surfaces,
sawtoothed, fringed with hairs, pointed; leaf-stalks 4.8-11.5 cm;
stipules obvate, tapering, densely hairy, persistent. Flowers are borne
in leaf-axils paired cyme of 4-18 flowers, carried on a
flower-cluster-stalk 3.5-7.2 cm tall. Male flowers have 2 sepals,
obovate, 0.8-0.9 cm, hairy; 2 petals, lanceshaped, 0.7-0.8 x 0.4-0.5
cm; stamens 60, monadelphous; anthers obovoid; filament longer than
the anthers. Female flower have 5 tepals; outer tepals ovate,
velvet-hairy on the ventral surface; inner tepals gradually smaller;
ovary shaggy. Fruit is 3 winged; two wings 0.4-0.5 cm long ; third wing
1.2-1.4 cm long; seeds ellipsoid, brown. East-Indian Begonia is found in
NE India at altitudes of 250-1800 m. Flowering: June-October.
| Identification credit: Momang Taram | Photographed in Arunachal Pradesh. |
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