Nepenthaceae
Raffles' pitcher plant
Nepenthes rafflesiana
- Family
- Nepenthaceae
- Genus
- Nepenthes
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Common names
By language (9)
- arz
- نيبينثس رافليسيانا
- Chinese
- 莱佛士猪笼草, 萊佛士豬籠草, 掌叶猪笼草, 猪笼草, 豬籠草
- English
- Raffles' pitcher plant
- Japanese
- ウツボカズラ, うつぼかずら, 靫葛
- Lithuanian
- Plačiasparnis ąsotenis
- Persian
- گیاه کوزهای رافل
- Polish
- Dzbanecznik bukietnicowaty
- Ukrainian
- Непентес Рафлезі
- Vietnamese
- Cây bình rượu
Synonyms
- Nepenthes hookeriana H.Low ex Becc.
- Nepenthes rafflesiana var. alata J.H.Adam & Wilcock
- Nepenthes rafflesiana var. ambigua Beck
- Nepenthes rafflesiana var. glaberrima Hook.f.
- Nepenthes rafflesiana var. insignis Mast.
- Nepenthes rafflesiana var. minor Becc.
- Nepenthes rafflesiana var. nigro-purpurea Mast.
- Nepenthes rafflesiana var. nivea Hook.f.
- Nepenthes rafflesiana var. typica Beck
- Nepenthes raflesea Hort.
- Nepenthes sanderiana Burb.
Flowers
- In flower
- February to March, December (from 7 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Samuel Lee, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Samuel Lee, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Caleb Catto, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: User:BotBln, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Justin Philbois, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: User:BotBln, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mathew Rees, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: User:BotBln, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kiwi Shen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: User:BotBln, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Meng-Ying Tsai, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: User:BotBln, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.