The Red Lip/Shoot is a type of shrub plant commonly used as an ornamental plant in home yards, offices, and so forth, and it belongs to the same family as the clove plant (Syzygium aromaticum). Upon observation, the shape of its crown and leaves closely resembles the clove plant. This plant is native to Bangladesh, Borneo, Java, the Malay Peninsula, Myanmar, the Philippines, Sumatra, and Thailand.

The Red Lip/Shoot plant grows as an ornamental, found both wildly, semi-wild, and planted in pots along roadsides. This plant is frequently used as a hedge plant for homes, planted evenly in front of houses and in urban area parks. This Red Lip/Shoot plant is suitable for planting in regions with air temperatures of 28–36º C during the day and 24–30º C at night. Like other plants, it requires sunlight to grow well and maintain its crown shape.

• Root (Akar) Taproot that creeps and continues to enlarge. The root is round and brown in color.

• Stem (Batang) Has a round, woody shape, and contains a cambium layer inside.

• Leaves (Daun) Oval shape with a pointed tip. The leaf structure has veins growing on each twig. The color of the young leaves is quite unique: when young, they are red, and over time, they will change to green.

• Flower (Bunga) Compound flowers arranged in a limited racemose panicle. When the flower is fully bloomed, the stigma head appears white with a pistil stalk that is shorter than the flower's stamens.

• Fruit (Buah) The fruit of the Red Lip/Shoot is round and slightly flattened. There is a depression in the center of the fruit's upper surface. The fruit measures approximately 0.7 cm in diameter.

• Propagation is done generatively (seeds) and vegetatively (cuttings).

• The content found in the reddish-black fruit is anthocyanin, which is useful as a natural dye.

• The green leaves have antiangiogenic (inhibits new blood vessel formation) and anticancer effects.

• The flavonoid content of the Red Lip/Shoot is suspected to play an important role in the prevention of diabetes and its complications.

• Flavonoids, phenols, antioxidants, betulinic acid, active steroid compounds, anthocyanins, and terpenoids.