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Dischidia major  
The pitcher-leaves, looking like bananas, are inhabited by ants which bring into them organic-rich debris. The plant benefits from its association with the ants by sending roots into the pitcher-leaves and partaking the debris as food. See smaller leaf-form and flowers.
  ©Joseph Lai 2003