Begonia glabra

Botanical Description

Begonia glabra is a herbaceous perennial plant growing from a fibrous rootstock, sometimes as an epiphyte on trees. The stems can be up to 10 metres long, often trailing along the ground and forming new roots at leaf nodes or growing up tree trunks where it attaches itself by means of aerial roots[ 200 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. , 512 Title Flora of the Lancetilla Valley, Honduras. Publication Author Standley P.C. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Field Museum of Natural History; Chicago. Year 1931 ISBN Description Rather short on details at times, which is not surprising since so little information was available at the time. Still a useful flora. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and a medicine. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental, valued for its attractive foliage - there are some named varietoes[ 200 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. ].