Unboxed: New lipstick vine revealed in Philippine expedition with Banao tribe

Mongabay
Dec 26, 2024, 11:04 pm155 pts
In 2020, a group of botanists and members of the Indigenous Banao community were macheting their way through a rainforest in the Philippines in search of a rare flower called Rafflesia banaoana. Just a few hours after setting off, however, they stumbled upon a plant they hadn’t planned on finding: a vine with…

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