Gen info
- The specific epithet is Latin for "yellow."
- It has been awarded the Royal Horticultural Society's Award pf Garden Merit. (5)

Botany
Golden candle 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.
- Ornamental cultivation.
- Common in Baguio gardens.
- Propagated by cuttings or seeds.

Uses
Folkloric
- 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. (2)

Studies
• Occupational Contact Dermatitis / Low Allergenic Potential: The allergenic potential of golden shrimp plant is probably low, requiring prolonged contact for sensitization, more likely to occur in greenhouse gardeners handling potted plants rather than outdoor gardeners tending landscape plants.   (1)
• Antibacterial Testing / No Effect: Study of Golden Shrimp Plant for antibacterial property showed no activity against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli. The study author suggests the ethanol extraction exterminated the tannins which is responsible for antibacterial property of many plants. (4)

Availability
- Cultivated.

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