Begoniaceae

Begonia sp.

Hanoi City Area, Ba Vi District, southern prat of Ba Vi National Park, Ba Vi Mountain Range. Primary and old secondary broad-leaved evergreen forest on steep slopes composed with solid shaly limestone at elevation 900–950 m a.s.l. Terrestrial and lithophytic herb to 0.5 m tall on steep, rather open rocky slope. Leaves and petioles uniform green, flowers white, anthers and stigma yellow. Very common.

12 November 2022, Nguyen Huu Cuong, Chu Ngoc Quan, L. Averyanov, T. Maisak, AL 1639 (photo only).