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 Nepenthes khasiana Hook. f. 

Synonym	:	Gaultheria leschenaultii DC.
Family	:	Nepenthaceae
Local name	:	English-Pitcher Plant Malayalam -Erapidiyan chedi
Flowering and fruiting period	:	April - May
Distribution	:	India: Assam, Meghalaya
Habitat	:	Hilly areas
IUCN Status		Endangered
Uses	:	Ornamental purposes
Key Botanical Characters  : Shrubs, dioecious, climbing by leaves. Leaves alternate; an expanded lamina with tendril terminated by a pendant, coloured cylindrical pitcher with a recurved fluted rim and an operculum. Inflorescence in racemes or panicles. Flowers actinomorphic. Tepals 3 – 4, in 2 whorls, nectariferous. Male flowers: stamens 2 – 24, filaments connate, anthers bilocular. Female flowers: carpels 3 – 4, ovary superior, ovules many, style 1, stigma discoid. Fruits elongated, leathery capsule. Seeds numerous, filiform.