Begonia acetosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Begoniaceae, native to southeastern Brazil.[2] It is used to create new begonia hybrids due to its attractive foliage.[3][4]Begonia acetosa has been cultivated in the United States since 1946, when Mulford B. Foster introduced the species from forested mountains near Rio de Janeiro.[5] It was first described in 1831 by José Mariano de Conceição Vellozo. The specific epithet acetosa means 'acid' or 'sour', referring to the rhubarb-like taste of its leaves.[5]
Begonia acetosa is an herbaceous, creeping, rhizomatous begonia, growing up to 1 m (3 ft) tall. It has thick, horizontally spreading, pale green branches. Leaves are ovate to orbicular, and asymmetrical.[6][5] The leaves are a dull green on the upper surface and a deep wine red on the under surface. Both the underside and upper surface of the leaf are covered with a dense layer of short white hairs. Petioles are a rusty reddish brown to a deep red, and covered in short, woolly hairs. The flowers of B.acetosa are white.[6]
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^"Begonia acetosa". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2023. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
^Siregar, Hartutiningsih M.; Ardaka, I Made; Siregar, Mustaid (2009). "Begonia 'Tuti Siregar' (Begonia listada Smith & Wasshausen × Begonia acetosa Vellozo): A new cultivar from Bali Botanic Garden, Indonesia". Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity. 11. doi:10.13057/biodiv/d110104.
^Permata, Dara AYU; Susandarini, Ratna (2022). "Morphological diversity and phenetic relationship of wild and cultivated Begonia based on morphology and leaf venation". Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity. 23 (2). doi:10.13057/biodiv/d230235. S2CID 247443045.
^ abcTebbitt, Mark (2005). Begonias. Timber Press. p. 75.
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