Stems fleshy, green, short internodes. Leaves ovate acute to 11 cm long, upper surface satin textured, olive green, veins with a dark green overlay changing to black near margins; red below. Flowers 1 cm wide, pink, speckled dark pink, very fragrant.
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f. viridis Ziesenh. Stems green, red flushed at the joints. Leaves ovate acuminate, rich green satiny surface, nerves splashed dark brown at margins, corresponding with red on the reverse; margins irregularly toothed, fringed with hairs. Flowers 1.5 cm wide, white to pale pink, profuse.
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.
