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Anubias hastifolia

Anubias hastifolia
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Anubias hastifolia is a spear-leaved aquatic or semi-aquatic aroid from West and Central Africa, grown in aquariums. It is slow growing and does best attached to rock or wood rather than buried in gravel, since its rhizome rots if buried.

Family
Araceae (Arum family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Grow submerged in aquarium water; it can also be kept emersed in a humid container.
Soil
Attach to rock or driftwood; do not bury the rhizome in substrate.
Temperature
20–28 °C; protect below 15 °C
How easy
Easy
Native range
W. Trop. Africa to Angola
Climate
wet tropical

About

Anubias hastifolia is a species belonging to the Aroid genus Anubias. It was first mentioned by Adolf Engler in 1889 and described scientifically by him in 1893.

Where it grows

Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, and Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Other Anubias plants

Anubias afzelii · Anubias barteri var. angustifolia · Anubias barteri var. caladiifolia · Anubias barteri var. glabra · Anubias barteri var. nana · Anubias barteri · Anubias gigantea · Anubias gilletii · Anubias gracilis · Congo Anubias · Anubias pynaertii · Anubias Plants

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Anubias hastifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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