Begonia manicata is a species of flowering plant in the family Begoniaceae, native to Mexico and Central America.[1] The cultivar 'Aureo-maculata' is called the leopard begonia.[2]

Begonia manicata
Close-up of white flowers, which can be pink in some specimens
Close-up of leaf
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Cucurbitales
Family:	Begoniaceae
Genus:	Begonia
Species:	B. manicata
Binomial name
Begonia manicata Brongn.
Synonyms[1]
List Begonia lepidota Liebm. Begonia manicata var. aureomaculata Ziesenh. Begonia manicata var. manicativiridi Ziesenh. Begonia manicata var. ocozocoautlaensis Ziesenh. Begonia manicata var. peltata A.C.Sm. & Schub. Begonia robustior Standl. & L.O.Williams Begonia schizolepis Liebm. Gireoudia manicata (Brongn.) Klotzsch Gireoudia schizolepis (Liebm.) Klotzsch

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