English: Indian elm; Etire-leaved elm; South Indian elm; Monkey biscuit elm tree.
Genus: 2 species.
Region: India, Indo-China, Myanmar.
Habitat: on plains, in mountains; elevations up to 1100 m.
Use: wood for timber, cheap furniture, firewood; ecologial forestry, heat and drought tolerance, regenerative
Botany:Large deciduous tree, about 20–25 m tall; broad crow.
Stem: several ascending branches; bark grey, covered with blisters, peeling in corky scales on old trees.
Leaves: alternate, elliptic-ovate; 8–13 cm long and 3–6.5 cm wide; smooth; margins entire, occasionally toothed; pointed tip; base rounded or heart-shaped; stipules lance-shaped; unpleasant odour when crushed leaves.
Inflorescence: short racemes or fascicles at the scars of fallen leaves.
Flowers: small, greenish-yellow to brownish, pubescent; sepals 4, velvety.
Fruit: circular samara, 2.5 cm in diameter, with membranous, net-veined wings; flat seed.