Plant Details

Accepted name:: Begonia cucullata var. cucullata [Begoniaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Begonia cucullata Willd.
Infraspecies:: 2

Begonia cucullata var. hookeri (A.DC.) L.B.Sm. & B.G.Schub.

Begonia cucullata var. spatulata (G.Lodd. ex Haw.) Golding

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
agrial	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
begonia	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ka'á-hái	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
sì jì hǎi táng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
xiǎn ròu hǎi táng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
四季海棠	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
蚬肉海棠	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
flower, leaf, frond		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Aerial parts, Fresh root		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 10 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Begonia cucullata var. arenosicola (C.DC.) L.B.Sm. & B.G.Schub. Darwiniana 5: 106 (1941).
Begonia semperflorens Link & Otto Icon. Pl. Rar.: 9 (1829).
Begonia cucullifolia Hassk. Hort. Bogor. Descr.: 311 (1858).
Begonia dispar Rchb. Mith. Landw.: 54 (1829).
Begonia nervosa Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 7: 177 (1825), nom. nud.
Begonia paludicola C.DC. Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève, sér. 2, 6: 125 (1914).
Begonia semperflorens f. flavescens C.DC. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 3: 405 (1903).
Begonia setaria Graham Edinburgh New Philos. J. 1829: 180 (1829).
Begonia subcucullata C.DC. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 3: 404 (1903).
Begonia subcucullata var. arenosicola C.DC. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 3: 404 (1903).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Begonia cucullata Willd. var. cucullata	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
Begonia cucullata var. arenosicola (C. DC.) L.B. Sm. & B.G. Schub.	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
Begonia semperflorens	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Begonia semperflorens Link et Otto	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Begonia semperfloreus Link & Otto	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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