Nepenthaceae
Pitcher plant
Nepenthes distillatoria
- Family
- Nepenthaceae
- Genus
- Nepenthes
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Common names
By language (4)
- Arabic
- نابنط بهي
- Chinese
- 滴液猪笼草, 滴液豬籠草, 史密斯猪笼草
- English
- Pitcher plant
- Persian
- گیاهپارچ تقطیرکن
Synonyms
- Bandura zeylanica Burm. ex Brongn.
- Nepenthes chapmanii N.P.Balakr.
- Nepenthes hirsuta var. glabrescens W.G.Sm.
- Nepenthes indica Poir.
- Nepenthes rubra G.Nicholson
- Nepenthes smithii Beck
- Nepenthes speciosa Hort. ex Beck
- Nepenthes zeylanica V.J.Chapman
- Nepenthes zeylanica (Brongn.) Raf.
- Nepenthes zeylanica var. rubra (G.Nicholson) Macfarl.
- Nepenthes zeylanica var. rubra Hort. ex Beck
Flowers
- In flower
- December to January (from 6 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
Photo: James & Jana Hans, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: wilmotsenaratne, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: James & Jana Hans, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kristof Zyskowski, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: pavlaki1968, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: James & Jana Hans, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ruth B, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: James & Jana Hans, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: evaladyman, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: James & Jana Hans, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ashwin Viswanathan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: James & Jana Hans, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Raffles' pitcher plantNepenthes rafflesianaNepenthaceae
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.