Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from New or Noteworthy Philippine Plants, And, the American Element in the Philippine Flora
This species was originally introduced for ornamental purposes, but is now spontaneous and widely distributed in the Archipelago, and is still much cultivated for ornament. The first reference to this species as a Philippine plant is in the first edition of Blanco's Flora dc Filipinas in 1837.
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