Begoniaceae
Scarlet begonia
Begonia coccinea
- Family
- Begoniaceae
- Genus
- Begonia
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 大红秋海棠
- English
- Scarlet begonia
- Malayalam
- ബെഗോണിയ കോക്കിനിയ
Synonyms
- Begonia rubra hort. ex Irmsch.
- Pritzelia coccinea (Hook.) Klotzsch
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
Photo: Raffi Kojian, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: The original uploader was Monocromatico at Portuguese Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Galia ^, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nemracc, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.