Begonia homonyma
A robust South African begonia that grows from a swollen, woody caudex up to 8 cm across and can reach about 1 m tall, with large, shallowly lobed leaves that have raised veins. It grows in shady, humid coastal forest and ravines in the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, and dies back in the cool, dry winter. It is closely related to Begonia dregei and needs the same treatment: warm, humid and shaded in summer, and a drier, cooler rest in winter.
Where it grows wild
It grows in the understory and on moist, shady rocks in coastal and scarp forest, especially in ravines, kloofs and river gorges near the coast. The caudex stores water and lets the plant ride out the dry winter.
Specimens come from near sea level to about 600 m, mostly in coastal river gorges.
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