B. barbana

Flora of Costa Rica. Begoniaceae. by Paul C. Standley. Chicago 1937. v. 18: pt. 2 (1937): Page 737-48 http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19747 Rhizome thick, prostrate and rooting; leaves long-petiolate, the petioles pilose; blades obliquely and broadly ovate, as much as 17 cm. long and 7 cm. wide or even larger, acuminate, obliquely cordate at the base, entire or somewhat serrulate toward the apex, palmately 7-nerved, glabrous above, long pilose beneath on the nerves; scapes somewhat longer than the leaves, the cymes rather broad and many-flowered, the branches glabrous; pistillate flowers with 2 sepals; staminate sepals as much as 6 mm. long; capsule 1.5 cm. long, acute at the base, the wings truncate at the apex, 2 of them subequal and broader than the other one.
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• Classification: Species
• Plant Type: Rhizomatous
• Botanical Section: Gireoudia
• Origin: America, Central America
• Originator: C.DC.
• Date of Origin: 1896