Nepenthes truncata

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Nepenthes truncata
Lower pitcher of N. truncata.  Cultivated plant - Kuching, Borneo.
Lower pitcher of N. truncata. Cultivated plant - Kuching, Borneo.
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Nepenthaceae
Genus: Nepenthes
Species: N. truncata
Binomial name
Nepenthes truncata
Macf., 1911

Nepenthes truncata (Latin: truncatus = terminating abruptly) is a carnivorous pitcher plant species endemic to the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. The typical form grows on exposed mountainsides at an altitude of between 230 and 600 m; a highland variety grows at higher elevations. N. truncata is characterised by its heart-shaped (truncate) leaves and very large pitchers, which can reach up to 50 cm in height.

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[edit] Carnivory

On September 29, 2006, at the Botanical Gardens in Lyon, France, a Nepenthes truncata was photographed containing the decomposing corpse of a mouse. This incident is the first record of a mammal being successfully trapped in the pitchers of N. truncata. Both N. rajah and N. rafflesiana are known to occasionally catch small mammals in the wild.

[edit] Forms and Varieties

N. truncata

  • "var. typica (Macf.)"
    • "f. lowland"
    • "f. striped peristome"
    • "f. highland orange/red"
    • "f. highland black"

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