| Scientific Name: | Begonia masoniana |
| Common Name: | iron cross begonia |
| Family Name: | Begoniaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China, South Asia / India |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 11: (above 4 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Indoor foliage plant |
| Mature Size: | 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense, Upright |
| Form: | Mounded |
| Texture: | Coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Bedding plant, Indoor plant |
| Exposure: | Part sun/part shade, Sheltered |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Alkaline, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Prickly, Rugose, Glandular hairs, Ovate, Reniform, Dentate |
| Flowers: | Cyme, White, Pink, Can flower any month |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves asymmetrical but generally heart-shaped, most blades 8-12cm long x 5-9cm wide, with a chocolate brown cross like pattern in the center and with a green outer surrounding, bumpy texture with glandular hairs; flowers ~2cm wide with 2 large and 2 small petals. | |