Wikstroemia villosa, a member of the Thymelaceae (akia) family, is a tree 3 to 4.5 m (9 to 14 ft) tall. Young branches are covered in soft yellow hairs (silky pubescent). Leaves are dark green on the upper surface, papery (chartaceous), and broadly elliptic to elliptic-ovate, 8 to 13 cm (3 to 5 in...