Begonia originated in China and is a perennial evergreen herb flower. The flowers are red, pink and white, and the flowering period is from April to 165438+ 10. Not only flowers are beautiful, but also their leaves are rich in colors, such as light green, dark green, light brown, dark brown, purple and so on. There are more than 20 varieties of four-season begonia, bamboo begonia, hairy begonia, frog begonia, Jinhaitang and mosaic begonia. Origin Shaanxi Qinling, Henan, Shandong, Hebei, Liaoning, Jiangsu, Sichuan, Yunnan, etc.
The flowers, leaves, stems and roots of Begonia can be used as medicine.
Edible efficacy:
It has the effects of clearing away heat and swelling, promoting blood circulation to remove blood stasis, cooling blood to stop bleeding, regulating menstruation and relieving pain, and is often used to treat traumatic injury, sore throat, carbuncle, hematemesis, hemoptysis, nosebleeds, irregular menstruation and gastric ulcer.
Morphological characteristics: Begonia is a perennial herb or woody. The stems are green and the nodes are swollen and juicy. Some have roots, others have tubers. Leaves alternate, rounded or obliquely heart-shaped with unequal sides. Some leaves are shaped like elephant ears, red or green, or have white stripes, and the back is red. Some leaves have protrusions. Flowers terminal or axillary, cymes, white, pink and red. There are more than 400 species of begonia, and there are nearly 1,000 horticultural varieties. There are three categories: bulbous begonia, rhizome begonia and fibrous begonia.