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About
A notable species, *Nepenthes hispida* is characterized by its dense covering of bristle-like, purple-grey hairs on the stem and its unique leaf morphology. It is found in the kerangas forest of Borneo and is known to hybridize with *N. reinwardtiana* in the wild.
Field notes
Morphology
The stem can grow up to 6 m in length and 6 mm in diameter, with cylindrical internodes up to 15 cm long. Leaves are sessile, coriaceous, and oblanceolate-oblong, measuring up to 28 cm long and 4 cm wide. Pitchers are rarely more than 15 cm high and 8 cm wide, featuring ovoid-ellipsoid lower parts and sub-cylindrical upper parts. The peristome is rounded and up to 12 mm wide, and the lid bears an unbranched spur up to 5 mm long. The species has a racemose inflorescence with a peduncle up to 5 cm long.
Distribution & habitat
Native to Borneo, specifically found in the Lambir Hills National Park and surrounding areas, growing in shady kerangas forest on steep sandstone ridges. It occurs at elevations of 100 to 800 m.
History & etymology
B. H. Danser reduced *N. hispida* to a synonym of *N. hirsuta* in his 1928 monograph, but Matthew Jebb and Martin Cheek restored its species status in 1997, citing its amplexicaul-decurrent leaf base and indumentum as distinguishing features.
Conservation
Listed as Conservation Dependent on the 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Habitat
- Altitude
- 100–800 m
- Altitude Class
- lowland
- Native To
- Borneo
- IUCN Status
- Conservation Dependent
Taxonomy
- Described
- 1895
- Authority
- Beck
Cultivation
- Difficulty
- easy
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