Golden candle, Latin name: *Pachystachys lutea *Nees is known also GOLDEN SHRIMP PLANT is a subtropical shrub growing 80 centimeters or taller. Leaves are opposite, narrow-ovate, up to 12 centimeters long, with entire margins. Flowers are in a large terminal spike, up to 10 centimeters long, with large, golden yellow cordate bracts. Corolla is white. Fruit is a capsule.
*Distribution *- Native to Peru. – Common in Baguio gardens. – Propagated by cuttings or seeds.
* Uses *- No reported folkloric medicinal use in the Philippines. – In the Caribbean, one species is used as a hallucinogenic beverage. – Also used to treat fever, coughs, colds, and hair loss. – The Mishing tribe of Assam use the roots to treat pneumonia.
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