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Species of Begonia

Walter White
2020-08-31 11:00:03
Song Huizong once said that all the flowers in February and March are red, red, purple and purple. Only when Ditang opens, the color is completely different. The color of Ditang is like gold. In fact, there are many kinds of Ditang, each of which has its own advantages.

Single petaled Begonia flower

The flower is a deciduous shrub with a height of 1-2 meters and a thinness of 3 meters. The twigs are green, cylindrical, hairless, often arched and drooping, and the twigs have horns.

A single petaled Begonia flower has a single petal and only one layer. It lives on the top of the current year's lateral branches, with hairless pedicels; the diameter of the flower is 2.5-6cm; the sepals are oval shaped, sharp at the top, with small tips, whole, hairless, and persistent in fruit; the petals are yellow, wide and oval, concave at the top, 1-4 times longer than the sepals.

The flowering period is from April to June, and the fruiting period is from June to August.

Kerria japonica L.

Double petaled Begonia flower

It is a variety of single petaled Begonia flower, deciduous shrub, 1-1.5m high, with green twigs and stripes, slightly zigzag.

Leaves triangular ovate, apex acuminate, base nearly round, 2 cm to 5 cm long, margin doubly serrated, surface bright green, back pale and slightly hairy.

The flower is golden yellow, with the top growing on the side branches, double petals and overlapping petals. The flower diameter is 3cm to 4.5cm, the flowering period is April to may, and the achene is brown and black.

It is mainly distributed in southern China. There are wild species in Hunan, Sichuan and Yunnan. They live in hillside shrubs, with an altitude of about 200-3000 meters. They are also distributed in Japan.

Kerria japonica L.

Baiditang flower

Baiditang, Rosaceae, Jima genus, also known as: Jima, trigonomus, mountain gourd seed, shuangzhumu, water hyacinth.

Deciduous shrub with opposite round to microcardioid leaves and sharp double serrations on the edge. The upper part is sparsely pilose when young. The flowers are bisexual. The top of the single flower is on the new shoot. The petals are 4, obovate and white.

Drupe 1-4, obliquely elliptic, black or brown, smooth, flowering 4-5 months. Fruit period: June to September.

Root can be used as medicine: it has the effect of nourishing blood and kidney. Indications: blood deficiency and kidney deficiency.

Kerria japonica L.

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