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Useful Tropical Plants

Begonia komoensis

Irmsch.

Begoniaceae


This species is very similar to Begonia horticola and Begonia mannii[
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African Flowering Plants Database
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Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques.
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Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map.
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+ Synonyms

Common Name:

Begonia komoensis
Flower
Photograph by: Tariq Stévart
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General Information

Begonia komoensis is an epiphytic, perennial plant with stems up to 2 metres long that can be sprawling, trailing or climbing[
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Title
African Flowering Plants Database
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Website
http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php
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Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques.
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Description
Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map.
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The leaves are harvested from the wild for local use as a vegetable.

Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References


Range

West tropical Africa - Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.

Habitat

An epiphytic species in forests; growing near the ground on decaying trunks; in the lower part of the bole on forest trees, sometimes up to 25 metres high on the bole; growing at elevations up to 950 metres[
328
Title
African Flowering Plants Database
Publication
 
Author
 
Website
http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php
Publisher
Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques.
Year
0
ISBN
 
Description
Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map.
].

Properties

Edibility Rating *  *
HabitPerennial
Height1.50 m
Cultivation StatusWild

Cultivation Details

Not known

Edible Uses

Leaves - cooked and eaten as a vegetable[
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Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa.
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http://www.prota.org
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An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
]. A pleasant, acid flavour, they are used as a substitute for sorrel (Rumex spp.)[
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Title
Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa.
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Author
 
Website
http://www.prota.org
Publisher
 
Year
0
ISBN
 
Description
An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
].

Medicinal

None known

Other Uses

None known

Propagation

Seed -
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