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Nepenthes gracilis

Botanic Family

Nepenthaceae

Author

Korthals

Common Names

• Periuk Kera (Sarawak)
• Peviok Kera (Singapore)
• Monkey Goblets
• Akar Mopojong (Malaysia)
• Gendi Kerè (Malaysia)
• Hare Hare Mombang Baroe (Batak)
• Kali-kotjika (Java)

Geographical Habitats

• Borneo
• Brunei
• Sulawesi
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Johore
• Kedah
• Malacca
• Negeri Sembilan
• Pahang
• Penang
• Perak
• Sabah
• Sarawak
• Selangor
• Terengganu - Malaysia
• Philippines
• Singapore

Natural Habitats

• Secondary forest
• forest
• swamp forest
• heath forest
• disturbed areas
• forest margins

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Slender straggling shrub or low climbing pitcher plant to 6m with 150mm pale or yellowish-green spotted purple tubular pitchers, red-brown flowers. Triangular or winged stems. Rosette leaves to 30mm long with tendril 40mm long, other leaves to 200mm x 40mm with tendril to 300mm long. Rosette pitchers 50mm high with fringed wings, stem pitchers to 100mm high. Male racemes to 250mm long with tepals 5mm long, female inflorescence similar. Fruiting raceme 300mm long, fruit 30mm x 3.5mm. Glabrous leaves. Light green pitchers sometimes with red spots or tinge & yellow inside at base, dull purple above.

Further References

• Bailey 1976
• Huxley 1992
• RHS A-Z
• Mobot
• net
• NYBG
• P. Chai
• GBS
• Danser