Which one of the following is called as pitcher plant?

Utricularia

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Drosera

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Aristolochia

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Nepenthes

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Solution

The correct option is B Nepenthes
Leaves of some plants are modified to pitcher shape. For example, Nepenthes, Dischidia. Nepenthes is an insectivorous plant. These are tropical pitcher plants. It has a most unusual leaf that first looks like a normal leaf, then develops a tendril at its tip, and finally the tip of the tendril develops an amazing pitcher. Insects are digested in pitcher.
Thus, the correct answer is option D.

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