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Araceae
Anubias barteri var. caladiifolia Engl.
SUMMARY
LEAVES: Petiole equalling or up to over twice as long as the leaf-blade, 10-54 cm long. Leaf-blade ovate-elliptic, acute or acuminate, not apiculate, 10-23 cm long, 5-14 cm broad, 1 1/2 -2 1/2 x as long as wide, puberulous or glabrous below, base sagittate, below or about the middle widest. Many prominent lateral nerves, with 1-4 less prominent lateral nerves between them, sometimes uniting before they reach the margin, at the edge anastomosing in 2-3 marginal nerves. One of these sometimes conspicuous at some distance from the margin. Between the lateral nerves numerous slender, transverse veinlets. INFLORESCENCE: Peduncle slightly longer or almost twice as long as the petiole, 13-40 cm long. Spadix equalling or up to over 1.5 x as long as the spathe. Male part 1.5-2.5 x as long as the female part.