Ulmaceae
Chinese elm
Ulmus parvifolia
- Family
- Ulmaceae
- Genus
- Ulmus
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Common names
By language (26)
- Arabic
- دردار صغير الأوراق
- Armenian
- Թեղի մանրատերև
- arz
- دردار صغير الاوراق
- Azerbaijani
- Xırdayarpaq qarağac
- Bulgarian
- Дребнолистен бряст
- Chinese
- 榔榆, 小叶榆, 挠皮榆, 掉皮榆, 构树榆, 榔榆叶, 榔榆皮, 榔榆茎
- Dutch
- Chinese iep, Kleinbladige iep
- English
- Chinese elm
- Estonian
- Väikeselehine jalakas
- Finnish
- Kiinanjalava
- French
- Orme de Chine
- German
- Chinesische Ulme
- Hebrew
- בוקיצה קטנת עלים
- Hungarian
- Kínai szil
- Indonesian
- Dardar tiongkok
- Japanese
- アキニレ, イシゲヤキ, カワラゲヤキ, ヤマニレ
- Korean
- 참느릅나무
- Latvian
- Sīklapu goba
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Kinesisk alm
- Persian
- نارون چینی
- Russian
- Вяз мелколистный
- Serbian
- Кинески брест
- Spanish
- Olmo chino
- Swedish
- Kinesisk alm
- Turkish
- Çin karaağacı
- Ukrainian
- В'яз китайський
Synonyms
- Microptelea parvifolia (Jacq.) Spach
- Planera parvifolia (Jacq.) Sweet
- Ulmus campestris var. chinensis Loudon
- Ulmus chinensis Desf.
- Ulmus coreana Nakai
- Ulmus coreana var. cycloptera Nakai
- Ulmus coreana var. lanceolata Nakai
- Ulmus japonica Siebold
- Ulmus parvifolia f. lanceolata (Nakai) Uyeki
- Ulmus parvifolia f. pendens Rehder
- Ulmus parvifolia var. coreana (Nakai) Uyeki
- Ulmus parvifolia var. cycloptera (Nakai) Uyeki
- Ulmus parvifolia var. lanceolata (Nakai) Yong J.Li
- Ulmus shirasawana Daveau
- Ulmus sieboldii Daveau
- Ulmus sieboldii f. shirasawana (Daveau) Nakai
- Ulmus virgata Roxb.
Flowers
- In flower
- September to October (from 9 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FruitPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Carl Ramirez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ronnie Nijboer, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ronnie Nijboer, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ronnie Nijboer, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Leila Dasher, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dilrukshan Priyantha Wijesinghe, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: harum.koh from Kobe city, Japan, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: harum.koh from Kobe city, Japan, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Karen Guin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: harum.koh from Kobe city, Japan, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Ulmus
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- Slippery elmUlmus rubraUlmaceae
- Dutch elmUlmus × hollandicaUlmaceae
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- Rock elmUlmus thomasiiUlmaceae
- Japanese elmUlmus davidianaUlmaceae
- Ulmus mexicanaUlmaceae
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.