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Pachystachys coccinea
Pachystachys coccinea Nees syn. Justicia coccinea, Jacobinia coccinea (family Acanthaceae), commonly called the Cardinal's Guard is a perennial evergreen shrub native to French Guinea, Brazil, and Peru, with elliptic dark leaves and red flowers on terminal spikes, and can grow to 2-6 feet tall.
Makiling Botanic Gardens, a 300-hectare protected forest park, situated at the lower elevations of the Mount Makiling Forest Reserve's Molawin-Dampalit watershed in Los Baños, Laguna.
Spotted on Mar 7, 2015
Submitted on Dec 9, 2015
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