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