Araceae
Culcasia annetii Ntépé-Nyamè
SUMMARY
Plant climbing, reaching ca. 2 m above the ground; anchor roots very short, rather numerous; stem not verrucose, 2-3 mm thick when dry; internodes 2.3-7 cm. LEAVES: Petiole ca. 1/3 the blade, 3-6.5 cm, sheathing to a little more than half its length; sheath spreading when fresh; blade 9-22 x 4-7.5 cm, broad lanceolate oblique, a little panduriform, base not cordate, truncate, subpeltate to peltate, apex acute to shortly acuminate; 5-8 pairs of oblique primary veins irregularly reuniting in a collective vein; network rather prominent of secondary and tertiary veins in the mesh of which exists a fine translucent network; glandular lines absent, but rather numerous small circular excressences on the lower surface of the blade. INFLORESCENCES terminal by 2 or by 3; Peduncles shorter than the spathe, 2.5-3.5 cm; Spathe greenish brown, constricted towards the base, 3-5.5 cm, apiculate; Spadix often exserted, shortly stipitate; ovary unilocular, uniovulate; Ovule anatropous. INFRUCTESCENCES: Berries unknown.