{"id":1140,"date":"2013-03-12T18:24:17","date_gmt":"2013-03-12T18:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/save-our-green.com\/allpost\/?p=1140"},"modified":"2015-06-15T15:38:24","modified_gmt":"2015-06-15T10:08:24","slug":"nepenthes-an-insectivorous-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saveourgreen.org\/allpost\/nepenthes-an-insectivorous-plant\/","title":{"rendered":"Nepenthes: An insectivorous plant"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nepenthes<\/em>:\u00a0An insectivorous plant<\/p>\n

\"Nepenthes\"<\/a>

Nepenthes<\/p><\/div>\n

Common name: Pitcher plant\/Monkey cups<\/p>\n

Scientific name: Nepenthes <\/em>sp.<\/p>\n

Distribution:
\nAn insectivorous plant\u00a0occurring\u00a0mostly in the parts of Indonesia, Malaysia, South China and\u00a0<\/em>Philippines. Many endemic\u00a0species found in Borneo & Sumatra and other parts of the Old World.<\/p>\n

Description:
Myths are there about plants which could capture and eat humans. Plants like that may not exist.
However, some plants trap insects and other small animals . They have a bait to attract the prey.<\/p>\n

\"Some<\/a>

Various kinds of \u00a0Nepenthes<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Once lured into the trap, the animal is killed and digested. Nepenthes<\/em>, also known as ‘Jug-Of-Water’ is one such carnivore plant. The midrib is extended, protruding from the tip of the leaf to form a pitcher. The smell ranges from sweet to musty. The insects landing on the rim slide down the slippery slope to the inside, where they drown in the syrupy fluid.\u00a0often there are seen\u00a0two pitchers in the same plant, the lower and the upper pitcher.\u00a0While the former is rotund, the latter is more slender in shape.<\/p>\n

\"Insectivorous<\/a>

Insectivorous plant Nepenthes<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Importance:
\n1. The hollow tendrils of the pitcher provides spaces for building nests.
\n2. The crab spider spins a web across the upper part of the pitcher , thus snatching the prey even before they drown.
\n3. It is also said that these pitchers are used as cups by monkeys to drink water.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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