Rare "Lipstick Plant" Rediscovered In Arunachal Pradesh After 100 Years

Researchers at Botanical Survey of India have rediscovered a rare plant from a remote district of Anjaw in Arunachal Pradesh called "Lipstick Plant"

Researchers at Botanical Survey of India have rediscovered a rare plant from a remote district of Anjaw in Arunachal Pradesh which is often called the "Lipstick Plant" (Aeschynanthus monetaria Dunn).

It was first identified by British botanist Stephen Troyte Dunn in 1912 based on plant samples collected in Arunachal Pradesh by another English botanist, Isaac Henry Burkill, according to PTI.

"Some of the species in the genus Aeschynanthus are known as lipstick plants because of their tubular red corollas," said BSI scientist Krishna Chowlu in an article published in the journal Current Science on the discovery.

According to the journal, Aeschynanthus Jack (Gesne-riaceae), an epiphytic evergreen tropical Asian genus with 174 species, is found mostly from southern China to tropical Asia. Twenty-six taxa represent the plant's genus in India.