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CANTUTA Cantua buxifolia/C], species of shrub belonging to the family Polemoniaceae, with red flowers in the form of a bouquet. It is the national flower of Peru and one of the two national flowers of Bolivia, where it is written with the kantuta spelling. It occurs in the high valleys and in the Andean region, the other being the PATUJÚ, Amazonian flower and the plains region. It was regarded as the 'sacred flower of the Incas'. ? Both flowers are recognized in the 2009 constitution as symbols of the state. CANTUTA bears some resemblance to copihue lapageria rosea, Chile's national flowerUsed in Bolivia
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