Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Wonderful Plants
Type:
Picture
Chapter:
663.76.00
663.76.00 Nepenthaceae
Names: Nepenthe = ne, not, without; penthos, grief.
English: Pitcher plants; Monkey cups.
Botany: 1 genus Nepenthes; 140 species; carnivorous; liana; Old World tropics; hot humid lowland, tropical mountain; monkeys drinking rainwater from these plants.
Culture: Nepenthe, drug of forgetfulness.
Mind
Quells all sorrows with forgetfulness.