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Which plant part is modified into pitcher in pitcher plant?

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In Nepenthes pitcher plants, lamina of leaf is modified into jug-shaped pitcher with lid formed from leaf apex for trapping insects. Digestive enzymes inside supplement nitrogen in nutrient-poor soils. Root, stem, flower lack such carnivorous adaptation; leaf modification underlies carnivory.

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