Stems dark brown, thin and woody, sometimes branching. Leaves laceolate, very narrow, to 7 cm long, leathery; shiny, dark green surface, paler and shiny below with red main vein; margins entire. Flowers tiny, numerous, dark pink to red. Females have fusiform ovaries.
Tropical W Africa (Gabon)
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.
