Saturday 5 July 2014

Nepenthes khasiana (Indian Pitcher Plant) - Sikkim Flora

Nepenthes khasiana (Indian Pitcher Plant)
Venue: Ever Green Nursery, Rhenock,  East Sikkim
Date: April 9, 2010
Pic: Shital Pradhan

Nepenthes khasiana (Indian Pitcher Plant)
Venue: Ever Green Nursery, Rhenock,  East Sikkim
Date: April 9, 2010



Scientific classification

Kingdom:       Plantae
Phylum:          Angiosperms
Class:             
Order:             Caryophyllales
Family:           Nepenthaceae
Genus:            Nepenthes
Species:           N. khasiana

Binomial name: Nepenthes khasiana Hook.f. (1873)

Other Names:  Indian Pitcher Plant

Special feature: It is a carnivorous plant endemic to the Khasi hills of Meghalaya and also the only Nepenthes species native to India.


It is named after the Khasi Hills, to which it is largely endemic.

The Khasi people call the plant tiew-rakot, which means demon-flower or devouring-plant. The Jaintias call it kset phare, which is roughly translated as lidded fly net. The Garo call the plant memang-koksi, which literally means the basket of the devil.

Nepenthes khasiana is a protected species, classified as Endangered, and is on CITES Appendix I. (Source: Wikipedia)


 


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