ELM

NAME IN ENGLISH: ELM

BOTANICAL NAME:  ULMUS MINOR

The Elm is an European tree.

It has a layered crown.

The leaves are compound. The margin of the leaves are double serrate.

The colour of the flower  is white and when the flower is rotten,  it becomes  brown. The fruit is  wind-dispersed. The name of the fruit is Samara and it’s like a  helicopter.

It can grow 24-30 metres

The trunk of the Elm is used for making wood.

The bodies Japanese Taiko drums are often cut from the wood of old elm trees,

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