Meaning of cantuta

cantuta: Name by which the Enrique Guzmán y Valle National University of Education is known in Peru. It is also called cantu or jantu. Sacred flower of the Incas. National flower of Peru and second national flower of Bolivia. Its scientific name is Cantua buxifolia and it belongs to the Polemoniaceae family.; 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; CANTUTA Cantua buxifolia, a species of shrub in the family Polemoniaceae. ? It is the national flower of Peru and one of the two national flowers of Bolivia, ??? and was considered "the sacred flower of the Incas; CANTUTA: CARNATION.SHRUB BELONGING TO THE FAMILY POLEMONIACEAE WITH RED FLOWERS IN THE BOUQUET.; It is a flower of very colorful bell-shaped, there is a place in Lima 40 km central road where there is a University of education ( 41 teachers; with that name La Cantu8ta; Cantuta.-is a village in the Department of Cuzco the Peru this name is a derivative of the phrase kech-hua " 34 ghan-tu-ta; that means " gantu " putting it as the direct object of an action. "Ghan - your " the name is kech-hua of a flower.