[7] The Khasi people call the plant tiew-rakot, which means demon-flower or devouring-plant.

The Jaintias call it kset phare, which is roughly translated as lidded fly net.

[6]Nepenthes khasiana is a protected species, classified as endangered,[1] and is listed under CITES Appendix I meaning commercial international trade is prohibited.

[14][15] This spelling actually predates that under which the species was formally published in Joseph Dalton Hooker's 1873 monograph, "Nepenthaceae",[3] as it appeared in an article by Maxwell T. Masters in the April 20, 1872 issue of The Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette (this article was itself based on the manuscript of Hooker's monograph).

[15] In the horticultural trade of the late 19th century, N. khasiana was often confused with N. distillatoria of Sri Lanka.