| Begonia nahangensis(based on the protologue of Averyanov & Nguyen,2012) | |
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Stipules | 1-1.7 cm long, ovate-triangular, strongly keeled with aristae | 0.4-0.6 cm long, triangular |
Petiole | 10-14 cm long, white villous when young, turning brownish tomentose | (2)3-6(10) cm long, densely villous |
Leaf blade | Â | Â |
 Apex | Acuminate | Obtuse to nearly rounded |
 Shape | Ovate | Broadly ovate or reniform |
 Size | 11.5-18.5 cm long, 8–12 cm wide | (5)8-12(15) cm wide, usually broader than long |
 Texture | Chartaceous | Leathery |
Inflorescence | Â | Â |
 Peduncle | 5-10.5 cm long, shorter than petiole, brownish tomentose | 8-12(15) cm long, exceeding leaves, glabrous |
 Carpellate flowers | Outer tepals pinkish-white, suborbicular or broadly ovate, 0.8-1.1 cm long, 0.7-1.1 cm wide; inner 1 elliptic, white, 0.8-0.9 cm long, 0.3-0.4 cm wide | Outer tepals light olive-green, broadly reniform, 0.5-0.6 cm long, 0.9-1.1 cm wide; inner 1 narrowly obovate, 0.5-0.6 cm long, 0.3-0.35 cm wide |
 Staminate flowers | Outer tepals pale pinkish-yellow, broadly ovate, 0.9-1.1 cm long, 0.6-1.1 cm wide; inner 2 elliptic, white, 0.7-1.1 cm long, 0.4 cm wide | Outer tepals white to light pink (abaxially flushed with brightly red), broadly ovate to almost orbicular, 0.8-0.9 cm long; inner 2 narrowly obovate, 0.4-0.5 cm long, 0.25-0.3 cm wide |
Capsule | 1-1.5 cm long; abaxial wing crescent-shaped, 0.6-0.9 cm tall | 0.8-1 cm long; abaxial wing oblique-triangular, 0.4 cm tall |