''Nepenthes ampullaria'' is a very distinctive and widespread species of tropical pitcher plant, present in Borneo, the Maluku Islands, New Guinea, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, and Thailand.
''Nepenthes ampullaria'', unlike other members of its genus, has evolved away from carnivory and the plants are partly detritivores, collecting and digesting falling leaf litter in their pitchers.
In the 1996 book ''Pitcher-Plants of Borneo'', ''N. ampullaria'' is given the.. more
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Uploaded Sep 11, 2016. Captured Jul 6, 2015 22:26 in Jalan Ke Puncak Serapi, Petra Jaya, 93050 Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.
