Ulmus parvifolia
Leather-leaf Elm, Chinese elm, Lacebark Elm, Lacebark, Lace Bark Elm, Ulmus parvifolia
Description
Plant of the Ulmaceae family. In the wild, it is a spontaneous tree from south-eastern Asia with a globular crown and branches extending from the base. It has a grey, fairly smooth bark, which flakes off with age, showing a light-coloured underlying bark.
The leaf is deciduous, small, toothed, elliptical, simple and fits into the branch with a very short petiole. The upper page is deep green, with a slightly wrinkled lamina and small whitish hairs. The lower page is paler.
It is grown in pots of different sizes, from 10 cm up to 50-60 cm for special specimens. It is more common to find it in 12-25 cm pots.
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Magnoliophyta
- Class
- Angiospermae
- Order
- Rosales
- Family
- Ulmaceae
- Genus
- Ulmus
- Species
- Ulmus parvifolia
Synonyms (7)
- Microptelea parvifolia
- Planera parvifolia
- Ulmus chinensis
- Ulmus coreana
- Ulmus shirasawana
- Ulmus sieboldii
- Ulmus virgata
