B. goegoensis
N. E. Brown in Gard. Chron. 1882, vol. xviii. p. 71; Fl. and Porn. 1882, p. 121. A native of Gogoe in Sumatra, discovered by Curtis, through whom it was introduced. It is a very handsome ornamental-foliaged species with peltate leaves, of a bronzy-metallic hue when young, changing to deep velvety-green when mature and intersected by a paler midrib and delicate veins; the under surface deep red.
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- Classification: Species
- Plant Type: Rhizomatous
- Botanical Section: Jackia
- Origin: Asia, Indonesia
- Originator: N.E.Br.
- Date of Origin: 1881
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