Endemic to the Bukit Sebelah limestone in West Sumatra, where it grows on steep, shaded clay
soil banks over the limestone base rock.
Country
West Sumatra
Region
Asia
Section
Bracteibegonia
Chr 2n
Plant Type
Shrub-like
Synonyms and Comments
Etymology: beludru Indonesian for velvet referring to the deep red hairs on the veins of the leaf underside
Reference
European Journal of Taxonomy 167: 7–8
Article References
Further discoveries in the ever-expanding genus Begonia
(Begoniaceae): fifteen new species from Sumatra - Mark HUGHES 1,*, Deden GIRMANSYAH 2 & Wisnu Handoyo ARDI; Hughes M. et al., Asian Begonia 29, 2018
