Anubias barteri var. nana (Engl.) Crusio

LEAVES:Petiole somewhat more than half as long as the leaf-blade, up to 5 cm long. Leaf-blade ovate-elliptic, acuminate-acute, apiculate, up to 6 cm long and 2.8 cm broad, glabrous, base obtuse-truncate, at most 2.4 x as long as wide, mostly somewhat less than 2 x as long as wide, widest below the middle. Many more or less prominent lateral nerves, which sometimes unite before the margin, at the edge anastomosing in 2-3 marginal nerves and with many slender, transverse veinlets between them. INFLORESCENCE:Peduncle 2-4 x as long as the petiole, up to 16 cm long. Spadix ± as long as the spathe. Female part somewhat shorter than the male part.