Proposed conservation status
Following the IUCN Standards and Petitions Committee (2022), we propose this species be provisionally treated as ‘Endangered’ (CR D). So far, the species only been found in three localities and is quite rare. In Naga-Kabasalan Protected Landscape, this species was found usually growing along the trail and near human settlement with less than 50 mature individuals. It is likely that other populations exist in neighboring mountain ranges of the area, thus extensive survey should be done to ascertain the population density of this endemic species.