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Boea is a genus of small perennial herbs in the African violet family (Gesneriaceae), native to a wide area of Asia, Australia and the Pacific, with the centre of distribution in eastern Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. Some species, such as Boea hygroscopica, are resurrection plants that can survive drying out, and the genus is grown in shade in humus-rich soil.
Boea is a genus of plants in the family Gesneriaceae native to Australia, China, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Polynesia, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Nepal, Bhutan, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos.
Some Boea species are known as types of resurrection plant due to their ability to survive desiccation (e.g. Boea hygroscopica).
The frost tender Boea may be grown in partial shade in humus-rich substrates. It can be propagated by seed and by leaf cuttings or division.
The centre of the distribution is eastern Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
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