Begonia

New York Botanical Garden
Begonia
det. P. Moonlight, 2017
PLANTS OF NEW GUINEA
Symbegonia
Frequent in ravines in Castanopsis-oak forest;
fleshy herb 60-80 cm.; leaves finely rugose,
nerves deeply impressed ahove, prominent helow;
flowers white.
Eastern Highlands District: Arau , alt. lhOO m.
L. J. Brass, no. TL911______________________October	7. 1959
Collected on the Sixth Archbold Expedition sponsored by the American
Museum of Natural History with the aid of a grant from the
National Science Foundation.
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