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Sutherland begonia and as iwozya in Kima
Begonia sutherlandii

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Begonia sutherlandii, known as the Sutherland begonia and as iwozya in Kimalila, Tanzania, is a tuberous flowering perennial plant in the family Begoniaceae, growing to 0.5 metres (20 in) with fleshy pink stems from 10 to 80 centimetres long. Leaves are commonly dark green and veined with red and covered with short hairs on the underside. They are asymmetrical in shape and the margin is toothed. Flowers, produced in pendent panicles throughout summer, are 20–26 millimetres (0.8–1.0 in) in diameter, and are usually orange or orange–red with yellow anthers.
- Family
- Begoniaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Begonia sutherlandii
- Slug
- begonia-sutherlandii
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Begoniaceae
- Genus
- Begonia
- Species
- sutherlandii
- Wikidata QID
- Q4880580
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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