You have heard about several insectivorous plants that feed on insects. Nepenthes or the pitcher plant is one such example, which usually grows in shallow water or in marsh lands. What part of the plant is modified into a pitcher ? How does this modification help the plant for food even through it can photosynthesize like any other green plant ?

Explanation

Leaf lamina is modified into a pitcher to digest the insects, body and help the plant to adapt to nitrogen dificiency of soils.