Begonia burkillii 'Silver Edge' is a cultivar of a rhizomatous Begonia Begonia burkillii Dunn form northern India with very characteristic foliage which is silver-green and very dark green, almost black, with mint-green venation.
Genus name was established in mid 18th century: modern Latin, named in honour of the French administrator and amateur botanist Michel Bégon (1638-1710) by the botanist Charles Plumier (1646-1704), who discovered the plant on the island of Santo Domingo.
Begonia burkillii 'Silver Edge'
Begonia burkillii 'Silver Edge' ' is approximately 30 cm tall and comes in a ⌀ 14 cm pot.