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Begonia heracleifolia

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Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
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Details Top

Internal ID UUID64402bc240d09303704261
Scientific name Begonia heracleifolia
Authority Schltdl. & Cham.
First published in Linnaea 5:603. (1830)

Ethnobotanical Use Top

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General Uses Top

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No documented commercial, industrial, craft, culinary, fragrance/cosmetic, fiber, timber, colorant, adhesive, coating, biofuel, or bioplastic uses are reported for Begonia heracleifolia. No specific food or beverage uses or processing standards are recorded. No scientific/model uses are identified for this species in the provided references.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name Authority First published in
Begonia heracleifolia var. longipila (Lem.) A.DC. Prodr. 15 (1):335. (1864)
Begonia heracleifolia var. nigricans Hook. Bot. Mag. 83, pl.4983. (1857)
Begonia heracleifolia var. punctata (Klotzsch ex Link, Klotzsch & Otto) A.DC. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 15(1): 335. 1864 [May 1864]
Begonia heracleifolia f. punctata (Klotzsch) Voss Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3 , 1: 359 (1894)
Begonia longipila Lem. Ill. Hort. 7:55. (1860)
Begonia nigrescens Van Houtte ex Otto Hamburger Garten–Blumenzeitung 8:9. (1852)
Begonia punctata Klotzsch in Link J.H.F., Klotzsch J.F. & Otto C.F., Icon. Pl. Rar. 1 (17):t. 7, pl.7. (1840)
Begonia radiata Graham Edinburgh New Philos. J. 1833:182. (1833)
Begonia tanacetifolia hort. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 1: 194 (1840)
Begonia trigonoptera Sprague Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew. 1921:218. (1921)
Gireoudia heracleifolia (Schltdl. & Cham.) Klotzsch Ber. Bekanntm. Verh. Konigl. Presuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 125. (1854)
Gireoudia heracleifolia var. punctata (Klotzsch) Klotzsch Abh. Kon. Akad. Wiss. Berlin. 1854:215. (1855)
Gireoudia heracleifolia var. viridis Klotzsch Abh. Kon. Akad. Wiss. Berlin. 1854:215. (1855)
Gireoudia punctata (Klotzsch) Klotzsch Ber. Bekanntm. Verh. Konigl. Presuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 125. (1854)
Begonia heracleifolia var. paramadilio hort. Begonias 286. (1938)
Eupetalum punctatum (Klotzsch) Paxton Pocket Bot. Dict. , ed. 2(Suppl.): 28 (1849)
Begonia heracleifolia var. nigricans (Hook.) A.DC. Prodr. 15(1): 335 1864
Begonia tenacetifolia hort. ex Graham Edinburgh New Philos. J. 1833:182. (1833)
Begonia heracleifolia var. punctata Cels Ann. Fl. Pomone 104. (1842)
Begonia jatrophifolia Cels Ann. Fl. Pomone 10:104. (1842)
Begonia nigricans hort. ex Klotzsch Abh. Kon. Akad. Wiss. Berlin. 215
Begonia jatrophifolia hort. ex Klotzsch Abh. Kon. Akad. Wiss. Berlin. 1854: 215. (1855)
Begonia jatrophifolia hort. ex Klotzsch Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1855: 159 (1855)

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Language Common/alternative name
English starleaf begonia
Belarusian бягонія баршчэўнікалістая
Slovenian deženovolistna begonija
Vietnamese thu hải đường lá thầu dầu
Chinese 白芷叶秋海棠

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Varieties (abbr. var.) Top

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Name Authority First published in
Begonia heracleifolia var. heracleifolia
Begonia heracleifolia var. sunderbruckii hort. ex C.Chev. Begonias 286. (1938)

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Northwest
      • Mexico Southeast
      • Mexico Southwest
  • Southern America
    • Caribbean
      • Cuba
      • Dominican Republic
      • Haiti
      • Puerto Rico
      • Trinidad-Tobago
    • Central America
      • Belize
      • El Salvador
      • Guatemala
      • Honduras

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000824247
USDA Plants BEHE2
Tropicos 3400431
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:104828-1
The Plant List kew-361818
Open Tree Of Life 488919
NCBI Taxonomy 200009
IPNI 104828-1
iNaturalist 179421
GBIF 2874712
EOL 594780
USDA GRIN 406940
Wikipedia Begonia_heracleifolia

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Recent Advances in the Application of Cucurbitacins as Anticancer Agents Zieniuk B, Pawełkowicz M Metabolites 14-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10608718
doi:10.3390/metabo13101081
PMID:37887406
Stomatal clustering in Begonia improves water use efficiency by modulating stomatal movement and leaf structure Tsai M, Kuan C, Guo Z, Yang H, Chung K, Ho CK Plant Environ Interact 04-Jul-2022
PMCID:PMC10168073
doi:10.1002/pei3.10086
PMID:37283607
Traditional Herbal Medicine in Mesoamerica: Toward Its Evidence Base for Improving Universal Health Coverage Geck MS, Cristians S, Berger-González M, Casu L, Heinrich M, Leonti M Front Pharmacol 31-Jul-2020
PMCID:PMC7411306
doi:10.3389/fphar.2020.01160
PMID:32848768
Exchange of medicinal plant information in California missions McBride JR, Cavero RY, Cheshire AL, Calvo MI, McBride DL J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 15-Jun-2020
PMCID:PMC7296748
doi:10.1186/s13002-020-00388-y
PMID:32539795
Cucurbitacin B Activates Bitter-Sensing Gustatory Receptor Neurons via Gustatory Receptor 33a in Drosophila melanogaster Rimal S, Sang J, Dhakal S, Lee Y Mol Cells 13-May-2020
PMCID:PMC7332364
doi:10.14348/molcells.2020.0019
PMID:32451368
In planta high levels of hydrolysable tannins inhibit peroxidase mediated anthocyanin degradation and maintain abaxially red leaves of Excoecaria Cochinchinensis Luo H, Li W, Zhang X, Deng S, Xu Q, Hou T, Pang X, Zhang Z, Zhang X BMC Plant Biol 15-Jul-2019
PMCID:PMC6632198
doi:10.1186/s12870-019-1903-y
PMID:31307378
Cucurbitacin B Induces Hypoglycemic Effect in Diabetic Mice by Regulation of AMP-Activated Protein Kinase Alpha and Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 via Bitter Taste Receptor Signaling Kim KH, Lee IS, Park JY, Kim Y, An EJ, Jang HJ Front Pharmacol 21-Sep-2018
PMCID:PMC6161541
doi:10.3389/fphar.2018.01071
PMID:30298009
Autofluorescence study and selected cyanidin quantification in the Jewel orchids Anoectochilus sp. and Ludisia discolor Poobathy R, Zakaria R, Murugaiyah V, Subramaniam S PLoS One 12-Apr-2018
PMCID:PMC5896983
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0195642
PMID:29649288
Seasonal variation in phytochemicals and nutraceutical potential of Begonia nelumbiifolia consumed in Puebla, México Villa-Ruano N, Pacheco-Hernández Y, Cruz-Durán R, Lozoya-Gloria E, Betancourt-Jiménez MG J Food Sci Technol 08-Apr-2017
PMCID:PMC5430179
doi:10.1007/s13197-017-2576-x
PMID:28559607
Stomatal clustering in Begonia associates with the kinetics of leaf gaseous exchange and influences water use efficiency Papanatsiou M, Amtmann A, Blatt MR J Exp Bot 28-Mar-2017
PMCID:PMC5447881
doi:10.1093/jxb/erx072
PMID:28369641
Genetic diversity and structure of wild populations of Carica papaya in Northern Mesoamerica inferred by nuclear microsatellites and chloroplast markers Chávez-Pesqueira M, Núñez-Farfán J Ann Bot 06-Oct-2016
PMCID:PMC5155600
doi:10.1093/aob/mcw183
PMID:27974326
A mistletoe tale: postglacial invasion of Psittacanthus schiedeanus (Loranthaceae) to Mesoamerican cloud forests revealed by molecular data and species distribution modeling Ornelas JF, Gándara E, Vásquez-Aguilar AA, Ramírez-Barahona S, Ortiz-Rodriguez AE, González C, Mejía Saules MT, Ruiz-Sanchez E BMC Evol Biol 12-Apr-2016
PMCID:PMC4830056
doi:10.1186/s12862-016-0648-6
PMID:27071983
Genetic differentiation and species cohesion in two widespread Central American Begonia species Twyford AD, Kidner CA, Ennos RA Heredity (Edinb) 13-Nov-2013
PMCID:PMC3931582
doi:10.1038/hdy.2013.116
PMID:24220088
Development and characterization of microsatellite markers for Central American Begonia sect. Gireoudia (Begoniaceae) Twyford AD, Ennos RA, Kidner CA Appl Plant Sci 30-Apr-2013
PMCID:PMC4105041
doi:10.3732/apps.1200499
PMID:25202548
The role of glacial cycles in promoting genetic diversity in the Neotropics: the case of cloud forests during the Last Glacial Maximum Ramírez-Barahona S, Eguiarte LE Ecol Evol 25-Jan-2013
PMCID:PMC3605859
doi:10.1002/ece3.483
PMID:23531632

Phytochemical Profile Top

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Fatty Acyls / Fatty acid esters / Fatty acid methyl esters
Methyl arachidate 14259 Click to see 326.60 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-957460
Methyl behenate 13584 Click to see 354.60 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-957460
Methyl Palmitate 8181 Click to see 270.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-957460
Methyl Stearate 8201 Click to see CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)OC 298.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-957460
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Fatty Acyls / Lineolic acids and derivatives
Methyl linoleate 5284421 Click to see 294.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-957460
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Cucurbitacins
(8S,9R,10S,13R,14S)-17-[(2R)-2,6-dihydroxy-6-methyl-3-oxohept-4-en-2-yl]-2,16-dihydroxy-4,4,9,13,14-pentamethyl-2,7,8,10,12,15,16,17-octahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthrene-3,11-dione 138113434 Click to see CC1(C2=CCC3C4(CC(C(C4(CC(=O)C3(C2CC(C1=O)O)C)C)C(C)(C(=O)C=CC(C)(C)O)O)O)C)C 516.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-957460
[6-(2,16-dihydroxy-4,4,9,13,14-pentamethyl-3,11-dioxo-2,7,8,10,12,15,16,17-octahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-17-yl)-6-hydroxy-2-methyl-5-oxohept-3-en-2-yl] acetate 2885 Click to see CC(=O)OC(C)(C)C=CC(=O)C(C)(C1C(CC2(C1(CC(=O)C3(C2CC=C4C3CC(C(=O)C4(C)C)O)C)C)C)O)O 558.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-957460
17-(2,6-dihydroxy-6-methyl-3-oxohept-4-en-2-yl)-2,16-dihydroxy-4,4,9,13,14-pentamethyl-2,7,8,10,12,15,16,17-octahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthrene-3,11-dione 2886 Click to see 516.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-957460
17-(2,6-Dihydroxy-6-methyl-3-oxoheptan-2-yl)-2,3,16-trihydroxy-4,4,9,13,14-pentamethyl-1,2,3,7,8,10,12,15,16,17-decahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthren-11-one 4482418 Click to see 520.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-957460
Cucurbitacin B 5281316 Click to see CC(=O)OC(C)(C)C=CC(=O)C(C)(C1C(CC2(C1(CC(=O)C3(C2CC=C4C3CC(C(=O)C4(C)C)O)C)C)C)O)O 558.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-957460
Cucurbitacin D 5281318 Click to see CC1(C2=CCC3C4(CC(C(C4(CC(=O)C3(C2CC(C1=O)O)C)C)C(C)(C(=O)C=CC(C)(C)O)O)O)C)C 516.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-957460
Cucurbitacin R 180535 Click to see 518.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-957460
Dihydrocucurbitacin F 10481797 Click to see 520.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-957460
Tetrahydrocucurbitacin I 270059 Click to see 518.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-957460
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Steroidal glycosides / Steroidal saponins / Cucurbitacin glycosides
[6-hydroxy-6-[16-hydroxy-4,4,9,13,14-pentamethyl-3,11-dioxo-2-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-2,7,8,10,12,15,16,17-octahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-17-yl]-2-methyl-5-oxohept-3-en-2-yl] acetate 72968961 Click to see CC(=O)OC(C)(C)C=CC(=O)C(C)(C1C(CC2(C1(CC(=O)C3(C2CC=C4C3CC(C(=O)C4(C)C)OC5C(C(C(C(O5)CO)O)O)O)C)C)C)O)O 720.80 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-957460
17-(2,6-dihydroxy-6-methyl-3-oxohept-4-en-2-yl)-16-hydroxy-4,4,9,13,14-pentamethyl-2-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-2,7,8,10,12,15,16,17-octahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthrene-3,11-dione 73804168 Click to see CC1(C2=CCC3C4(CC(C(C4(CC(=O)C3(C2CC(C1=O)OC5C(C(C(C(O5)CO)O)O)O)C)C)C(C)(C(=O)C=CC(C)(C)O)O)O)C)C 678.80 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-957460
Arvenin I 6441104 Click to see 720.80 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-957460
Arvenin Iii 21579640 Click to see 678.80 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-957460
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Stigmastanes and derivatives
alpha-Spinasterin 5281331 Click to see CCC(C=CC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2=CCC4C3(CCC(C4)O)C)C)C(C)C 412.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-957460
Chondrillasterol 5283663 Click to see 412.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-957460
Stigmasterol 5280794 Click to see 412.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-957460
Stigmasterol Glucoside 6602508 Click to see 574.80 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-957460

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