How to Identify Ulmaceae

Key Identification Features

• While this species is often confused with true elms, it can be easily distinguished by its fruit, which are drupes rather than samaras.
• The species has distinctive racemose inflorescences up to 7 cm in length.
• The leaves are simple, shaped ovate to oblong-ovate with serrated or crenate margins—this feature gives the tree its specific epithet serrata.
• The main distinguishing features of the leaves are their thick, leathery texture and obtusely doubly or simply toothed margins.

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