Zelkova serrata
Saw-leaf Zelkova, Japanese zelkova, Japanese Elm, Japanese-elm, Keaki, Sawleaf zelkova, Keyaki, Water-elm, Grey-bark Elm
Description
A deciduous perennial plant, known as Japanese Elm and widely appreciated, in different styles, as a bonsai species for its elegant plant architecture enhanced by the particular colour shade of the bark in adult specimens and the foliage that takes on yellow-orange hues during the autumn period.
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Magnoliophyta
- Class
- Angiospermae
- Order
- Rosales
- Family
- Ulmaceae
- Genus
- Zelkova
- Species
- Zelkova serrata
Synonyms (17)
- Abelicea acuminata
- Abelicea hirta
- Abelicea keaki
- Abelicea serrata
- Corchorus serratus
- Planera acuminata
- Planera japonica
- Planera keaki
- Ulmus keaki
- Ulmus keia-ki
- Zelkova acuminata
- Zelkova formosana
- Zelkova hirta
- Zelkova japonica
- Zelkova keaki
- Zelkova stipulacea
- Zelkova tarokoensis
