• Common name : Wax Begonia
• Scientific name : Begonia obliqua
• Family : Begoniaceae
• Native land : Mexico, Central and South America, Asia and South Africa
It grows in moist sub-tropical and tropical climates. It is an annual terrestrial herb or under shrub plant. This plant grows mostly in shaded spots in equatorial countries. Begonia is a frost-tender plant. The height of a plant ranges from 6-12 inches. The plant produces single or double one-inch flowers in red, white or pink. Wax begonias are good for mass planting, as hedging plants. The plants tolerate hot humid conditions well. Their bloom time is late spring to autumn.
