Qantuta

• Plant Type: Evergreen, perennial shrub.
• Common Names: Qantuta, Qantus, Qantu, Peruvian Magic Tree, Flor del Inca, Magic-flower, Magic-flower-of-the-Incas, Sacred-Flower-of-the-Incas.
• Color: Pink, Purple, White, Yellow, Orange, Magenta, Red.
• Flower Dimensions: 3 inches.
• Flowering Season: Spring and summer.

Cantua buxifolia is an evergreen shrub of the order Ericales. This plant can grow to a height of 13 feet and is a native of the high valleys of the Yungas and Andes mountains in western South America.

• C. buxifolia plant is upright and fast-growing. But mostly, they are half-climbing.
• The stems are erect, and the arching branches hold the leaves.
• The leaves of the Cantua buxifolia are small, semi-succulent, and gray-green. They are boxwood-like. These leaves are elliptic to lance-shaped.
• The flowers of the Qantuta are tubular and hanging. The petal lobes are pink to purple. These flowers are in terminal corymbs and are typically produced in spring.
• In its natural habitat, the Qantuta is a favorite of hummingbirds.

Where can mostly Qantuta be spotted?

South America