Begonia malipoensis S. H. Huang & Y. M. Shui

Herbs. Rhizomes short. Stems repent, ascendent on upper part, red hirsute. Leaves cauline; stipules ovate-triangular, ca. 1 × 0.5 cm, abaxially puberulous, apex acuminate; petiole 5-15 mm, densely red hirsute; blade abaxially red on veins, ovate, asymmetric, 7-8 × 9-11 cm, herbaceous, abaxially densely hirsute, adaxially sparsely setulose, base oblique, cordate, margin serrate, shallowly divided; lobes 5 or 6, triangular, apex acute. Inflorescences densely red hirsute; peduncle 3-8 cm. Staminate flowers: pedicel red, ca. 0.7 cm, densely red setulose; tepals 4, pink, outer 2 broadly elliptic, ca. 8 × 5 mm, abaxially red hirsute, inner 2 suborbicular, ca. 4 mm in diam., abaxially red hirsute; stamens numerous; filaments free, ca. 1 mm; anthers obovoid-oblong, ca. 1 mm, apex widened, obtuse. Pistillate flowers: pedicel ca. 1.1 cm; tepals ?4, pink, outer 2 obovate-oblong, ca. 2.5 × 1.5 cm, inner 2 sparsely red setulose; ovary red hirsute, 3-loculed; placentae axile, bilamellate; styles 3, fused at base; stigmas 2-cleft, spiraled. Capsule obovoid, ca. 1 cm, unequally 3-winged; abaxial wing ligulate; lateral wings subequal.

Yunnan (Malipo).

● Shaded, scrubby mountain slopes; ca. 1300 m.