Anubias gracilis A.Chev. ex Hutch.

LEAVES:Petiole up to 33 cm long, 1.5-2.5 x as long as the leaf-blade, very short sheathed. Geniculum 1-1.5 cm long, glabrous. Leaf-blade 7-12 cm long, ± 4-10 cm broad at the base, glabrous, coriaceous, slightly hastate-trilobate, the outline of the leaf-blade triangular, lobes ± 7 cm long, 2-3 cm wide, apex obtuse. Length of the blade ± equal to its width at the base. Numerous prominent lateral nerves with 2-3 less prominent lateral nerves between them, at the margin anastomosing in 2 or 3 marginal nerves. Many slender transverse veinlets between them. INFLORESCENCE: Peduncle 8-15 cm long, ± as long as the petiole. Spathe 1.5-3 cm long, oblong or oblong-elliptic, apiculate. Colour unknown. Spadix a little shorter than or equalling the spathe, up to 3 cm long, densely flowered. Stamens (6)7-8(9). Thecae on the side of the synandrium. Ovaries depressed-globose with many whitish spots. Stigma discoid, subsessile. Male part ± 4 x as long as the female part.