Begonia cucullata

Begonia agrial Rojas Acosta

Begonia cucullifolia Hassk.

Begonia cuneata Walp.

Begonia dispar Rchb.

Begonia hookeri Sweet

Begonia nervosa Kunth

Begonia paludicola C.DC.

Begonia sellowii Klotzsch

Begonia semperflorens Hook.

Begonia semperflorens Link & Otto

Begonia setaria Graham

Begonia spatulata Lodd.

Begonia subcucullata C.DC.

Flowering plant
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Begonia cucullata is a perennial plant growing about 1 metre tall.
The plant is sometimes gathered from the wild for local medicinal use.

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Title: The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992.
Publication
Author: Huxley. A.
Publisher: MacMillan Press
Year: 1992
ISBN: 0-333-47494-5
Description: Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed.

S. America - northeast Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil, Colombia, French Guinea.

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The herb is used as a diuretic[

Title: Dictionary of Economic Plants.
Publication
Author: Uphof. J. C. Th.
Publisher: Weinheim
Year: 1959
ISBN: -
Description: An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.

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Seed -

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