Biology:Begonia malabarica

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Short description: Species of plant in the genus Begonia

Begonia malabarica
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Foliage
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Cucurbitales
Family: Begoniaceae
Genus: Begonia
Species:
B. malabarica
Binomial name
Begonia malabarica
Lam.
Synonyms[1]

Begonia malabarica, the Malabar begonia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Begoniaceae, native to India and Sri Lanka.[1][2] It has antibacterial properties.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Begonia malabarica Lam.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:105141-1. 
  2. "Malabar Begonia". Flowers of India. https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Malabar%20Begonia.html. 
  3. Ramesh, N.; Viswanathan, M.B; Saraswathy, A.; Balakrishna, K.; Brindha, P.; Lakshmanaperumalsamy, P. (2002). "Phytochemical and antimicrobial studies of Begonia malabarica". Journal of Ethnopharmacology 79 (1): 129–132. doi:10.1016/S0378-8741(01)00352-X. PMID 11744306. 

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