Begoniaceae FAMILY

Begonia hirsutula

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Begonia hirsutula is a perennial plant with a stout elongated, rather smooth, woody rhizome 1 - 8mm long. The rhizome is directed upwards at the apex, forming a stem up to 3cm long[ 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. ]. The leaves are harvested from the wild for local use as a vegetable.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeWest tropical Africa - Ghana to Cameroon, south to Gabon and DR Congo.

HabitatEvergreen, or rarely semi-deciduous forest, swamp or rain-forest (coastal); on level ground to very steep slopes, clayey to sandy soil, on rock faces, trunks; at elevations up to 1,000 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. ].