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The Rajah Nepenthes Photos-Joe Giardina
Nepenthes rajah (IPA pronunciation: [ni-pen'thēz ra'ja], named after the White Rajah of Sarawak) is an insectivorous pitcher plant species of the Nepenthaceae family. It has a very localised distribution, being restricted to Mount Kinabalu and neighbouring Mount Tambuyukon in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo.[2] N. rajah is famous for the giant urn-shaped traps it produces, which can grow up to 35 cm high and 18 cm wide.[3] These are capable of holding 3.5 litres of water[4] and in excess of 2.5 litres of digestive fluid, making them probably the largest in the genus by volume.Nepenthes rajah -
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