''Wikstroemia ovata'' grows as a shrub or small tree up to tall.
Inflorescences bear up to 20 greenish-yellow flowers. The fruits are roundish to ellipsoid, up to long. The
specific epithet
In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...
''ovata'' is from the
Latin meaning "egg-shaped", referring to the leaves. Habitat is thickets and forests from sea level to altitude. ''W. ovata'' is found in
Borneo and the
Philippines.
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References
ovata
Plants described in 1857
Flora of the Philippines
Flora of Borneo
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