Begonia glabra, the climbing sorrel, is a species of flowering plant in the family Begoniaceae, native to the New World Tropics.[1][2] An unusual vining begonia, it is popular in vivariums. Its use in the Winti Afro-Surinamese traditional religion has led to local over-collection.[3]

Begonia glabra
Climbing a tree
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Cucurbitales
Family:	Begoniaceae
Genus:	Begonia
Species:	B. glabra
Binomial name
Begonia glabra Aubl.
Synonyms[1]
List Begonia elliptica Kunth Begonia glabra var. amplifolia (A.DC.) L.B.Sm. & B.G.Schub. Begonia hoegeana Regel & Schmidt Begonia locellata A.DC. Begonia lucida Otto & A.Dietr. Begonia moritziana Kunth & C.D.Bouché Begonia physalifolia Liebm. Begonia populifolia Schott Begonia repens Sessé & Moc. Begonia scandens Sw. Begonia scandens var. amplifolia A.DC. Begonia scandens var. cordifolia C.DC. Wageneria deflexa Klotzsch Wageneria glabra (Aubl.) Klotzsch Wageneria lucida Klotzsch Wageneria montana Klotzsch

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