| Red-Vein Begonia |
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| File size | 132907 |
| Original date | 6/21/17 1:33 PM |
| Resolution | 800 x 600 |
| Flash | Flash fired |
| Focal length | 8.9mm |
| Exposure time | 1/4000s |
| Aperture | 11.0 |
| Focus Distance | 0.0m |
| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | FUJIFILM |
| Camera model | FinePix HS35EXR |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Begonia hatacoa Family: Begoniaceae (Begonia family)
Synonyms: Begonia rubrovenia, Platycentrum rubrovenium
Synonyms: Begonia rubrovenia, Platycentrum rubrovenium
Red-Vein Begonia is a herb 10-50 cm tall, with white
flowers streaked with pink. Flower-cluster-stalks are about 10 cm,
bearing a few flowers at branch-ends; bracts similar to stipules. Outer
tepals are ovate, about 10 x 7 mm, inner ones about 6 x 4 mm, pink or
white, streaked pink. Stamens numerous; connective produced. Leaves
are
ovate-lanceshaped, 7-15 x 3-7 cm, tapering, base obliquely rounded,
scarcely heart-shaped, margin nearly entire or distantly toothed,
velvet-hairy on veins beneath. Leaf-stalks are 3-12 cm; stipules ovate,
up to 20 x 10 mm, tapering, persistent. Capsules are about 12 x 6 mm,
becoming reflexed, largest wing oblong, 15 x 10 mm. Red-Vein Begonia is
found in E. Himalayas, from Nepal to Bhutan, NE India, at altitudes of
1200-2000 m.
| Identification credit: Nidhan Singh | Photographed in Arunachal Pradesh. |
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