''Wikstroemia tenuiramis'' grows as a small tree up to tall.

Inflorescences An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed on ...

bear up to five yellowish or cream-coloured flowers. Fruit is yellow, green or orange. The

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''tenuiramis'' is from the

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meaning "thin branches". Habitat is swamps and forests from sea-level to altitude. ''W. tenuiramis'' is found in Sumatra and

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tenuiramis Plants described in 1861 Trees of Sumatra Trees of Borneo {{Thymelaeaceae-stub