Leaves wide, heart-shaped to 21 cm long, surface, apple green backgound with a broad, dark brown to black irregular stripe over the 5 main veins forming a Maltese cross pattern, terminating near the outer edge; densely blistered, with stiff, red hairs; margins toothed, hairy. Flowers pale green with red hairs.
China
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.
Leaves with a dark brown cross, bordered green on a silver background.
