shrubs or herbs, often climbing or epiphytic large pitchers with a lid, partly filled with digestive fluid carnivorous
Distribution
Madagascar, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Assam, N. Queensland, New Caledonia, up to 3500 m over NN
Floral characters
small, regular in racemes or thyrses K(3)4, usually free with nectar glands, C0, A(4-)8-25, filaments united in central column, pollen grains in tetrads, G((3)4)
Leaf characters
spirally arranged, often winged petiole, strap-shaped lamina with terminal tendril by which plant climbs, often ending in a pitcher pitcher with lid, partly filled with digestive fluid, up to 35cm high, 18cm wide, glands for digesting on bottom, waxy inner surface lid and mouth often brightly colored
