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Beccarinda tonkinensis (Pellegr.) B.L.Burtt  
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FamilyGESNERIACEAE
Genus speciesBeccarinda tonkinensis (Pellegr.) B.L.Burtt 
BibliographyNotes Roy Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 22: 64 (1955)
Native Ranges. China to e. Himalaya and n. Indo-China
Primary BiomeSubtropical
Habitatshady rocks
Altitude700-2400m
Descriptionacaulescent, leaves basal, petiolate, ovate to orbiculate, 3-12cm, adaxially whitish hirsute, cordate, coarsely crenate, obtuse, peduncles brown hirsute, corolla 10-16mm
Size5-15cm
Colorblue-purple
Bloomspring, summer
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationshady, humous, rock crevices
alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade
Propagationseed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C
division in spring and in late summer; leaf cuttings in summ
SynonymsSlackia tonkinensis Pellegr.
Territory3 Asia-Temperate
     36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHS China Southeast)
4 Asia-Tropical
     40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya)
     41 Indo-China (LAO Laos, VIE Vietnam)
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