Money doesn’t grow on trees but lipsticks can! Believe it or not, a plant in Arunachal Pradesh’s Anjaw district is actually growing lipsticks. The plant (scientific name Aeschynanthus monetaria Dunn) has been rediscovered after over a hundred years by the scientists of the Botanical Survey of India. The flowers of the plant look like lipsticks and thus the plant got its name ‘Indian lipstick’. Evidence of the plant in Arunachal Pradesh was first found in 1912 by botanists Stephen Troyte Dunn and Isaac Henry Burkill. They were found again after nearly 110 years, in December 2021.
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Lipstick Plant In Arunachal Is An Endangered Plant Species
The tubular red corolla of the rare plant resembles a lipstick. According to a Times Now report, high elevations, moisture and greenery are ideal for the growth of the plant. And Arunachal Pradesh has the three of them. The ideal altitude for the growth of the lipstick plants is 543 to 1134 metres. Also, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) had declared the plant species as ‘endangered’.
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A few days back, Trans Arunachal Drive had also taken place in the hilly state during which many hidden destinations were discovered. The 2000-kilometre road trip unravelled some of the best-kept secrets of Arunachal Pradesh like Rima, Lishu, Bomjir, Geku, Maryang, Kambu and Gori.