Stems to 1.5m tall. Leaves broadly ovate, to 30 cm long, lobed, dark green, velvety textured surface with short, scattered hairs and pronounced, thick light-green veins, basal lobes overlapping, lower surface pale green flushed red, veins also pronounced; margins toothed. Flowers white, small.
Brazil
Source: (1997). Begoniaceae. In: . Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 2. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 1. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.
