Begonia pavonina Ridl.
- Common Name: Peacock Begonia
- Family: Begoniaceae C.A. Agardh
- Country of Origin: Peninsular Malaysia

- Habitat: Shady understory of tropical forest
- Description: Blue iridescence of the leaves of this begonia is thought to be a side-effect of adaptations to the structure of the chloroplasts that improve photosynthesis in deep shade.
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Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: eurosid I
- Order: Cucurbitales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Begoniaceae
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References (internal):
- EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Malaya
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