| Begonia polygonoides | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Cucurbitales |
| Family: | Begoniaceae |
| Genus: | Begonia |
| Species: | B. polygonoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Begonia polygonoides | |
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Begonia polygonoides is a species of flowering plant in the family Begoniaceae, native to west central Africa. Though it grows primarily in wet tropical biomes, [1] it is epiphytic and grows in the tree canopy where atmospheric conditions are much drier. [2]
Begonia polygonoides can be found in Gabon, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Ghana, Zaire, Cameroon and DR Congo. [1] [2] As a houseplant, it's grown in trailing baskets, or trained to grow up a moss pole.
The species was first documented in 1871. [1]
