# Wikstroemia ovata

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{{Short description|Species of shrub}}
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| genus = Wikstroemia
| species = ovata
| authority = [C.A.Mey.](/source/Carl_Anton_von_Meyer) ex [Meisn.](/source/Carl_Daniel_Friedrich_Meissner)
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'''''Wikstroemia ovata''''' grows as a shrub or small tree up to {{convert|5|m|-1}} tall. [Inflorescences](/source/Inflorescences) bear up to 20 greenish-yellow flowers. The fruits are roundish to ellipsoid, up to {{convert|1|cm|in|1|abbr=on}} long. The [specific epithet](/source/specific_name_(botany)) ''ovata'' is from the [Latin](/source/Latin) meaning 'egg-shaped', referring to the leaves. Habitat is thickets and forests from sea level to {{convert|800|m|-2}} altitude. ''W.&nbsp;ovata'' is found in [Borneo](/source/Borneo) and the [Philippines](/source/Philippines).<ref name=TFSS/>

==References==
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<ref name=TFSS>{{Cite book | last1= Tawan | first1= C. S. |date=September 2004 | contribution= ''Wikstroemia ovata'' C.A.Mey. ex Meisn. | contribution-url= http://www.chm.frim.gov.my/backup/TFSS.vol4_5_6.pdf | editor1-last= Soepadmo | editor1-first= E. | editor2-last= Saw | editor2-first= L. G. | editor3-last= Chung | editor3-first= R. C. K. | title= Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak | volume= 5 | pages= 481 | publisher= [Forest Research Institute Malaysia](/source/Forest_Research_Institute_Malaysia) | isbn= 983-2181-59-3 | url= http://www.chm.frim.gov.my/Resources/Publications/Books/Floras/Tree-Flora-of-Sabah-and-Sarawak.aspx | version= (free online from the publisher, lesser resolution scan PDF versions) | accessdate= 24 August 2013 }}</ref>

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ovata
Category:Plants described in 1857
Category:Flora of the Philippines
Category:Flora of Borneo

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