Bariang merah atau red begonia (Begonia baviensis) is a species of plant in the Begoniaceae, herbaceous, erect, up to 50 cm or more in height, elongated rhizome, up to 12 cm in diameter, stems 3-6 mm in diameter, red, hairy, long and white.
B. baviensis has asymmetrical leaves, shallow to long lobes, 5-7 lobes, 15-20 cm long, 12-24 cm wide, pointed tip, green and both surfaces white hair. Palmate veins, 6-7 veins and reddish in color.
Star flowers, 4 wings and oval or round in shape, white with linear strokes and yellow pistils. Bariang merah grows on forest floors, bushes, roadsides and abandoned land at an elevation of 800-2000 meters.
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Cucurbitales
Family: Begoniaceae
Genus: Begonia
Section: Platycentrum
Species: Begonia baviensis
B. baviensis has asymmetrical leaves, shallow to long lobes, 5-7 lobes, 15-20 cm long, 12-24 cm wide, pointed tip, green and both surfaces white hair. Palmate veins, 6-7 veins and reddish in color.
Star flowers, 4 wings and oval or round in shape, white with linear strokes and yellow pistils. Bariang merah grows on forest floors, bushes, roadsides and abandoned land at an elevation of 800-2000 meters.
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Cucurbitales
Family: Begoniaceae
Genus: Begonia
Section: Platycentrum
Species: Begonia baviensis