Nepenthes bicalcarata

Nepenthes bicalcarata
Intermediate pitcher of N. bicalcarata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Nepenthaceae
Genus: Nepenthes
Species:
N. bicalcarata
Binomial name
Nepenthes bicalcarata
Hook.f. (1873)
Synonyms

Nepenthes bicalcarata (/nɪˈpɛnθz bˌkælkəˈrɑːtə, - bɪˌkælkəˈrtə/; from Latin for "two-spurred"), also known as the fanged pitcher-plant, is a tropical pitcher plant which is endemic to Borneo. It is a vine up to 40 m (130 ft) length. It is a myrmecophyte noted for its mutualistic association with a species of ant, Camponotus schmitzi. As an ant-fed plant it lacks many of the features that characterise the carnivorous syndrome in Nepenthes, including viscoelastic and highly acidic pitcher fluid, the waxy zone of the pitcher interior, and possibly even functional digestive enzymes.