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Ulmus wallichiana subsp. wallichiana Melville & Heybroek is a deciduous tree growing to 30 m with a crown comprising several ascending branches. The bark of the trunk is grey-brown, furrowed longitudinally. The leaves range from 6 to 13 cm long by 2.5 to 6 cm broad, elliptic-acuminate in shape, and with a glabrous upper surface, on petioles 5 to 10 mm long. The samarae are orbicular to obovate, 10 to 13 mm in diameter, the seed central. The tree is not known to be in cultivation in the West.
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- Melville, R. & Heybroek, H. (1971). Elms of the Himalaya. Kew Bulletin, Vol. 26 (1). Kew, London.
