ULMACEAE - Elm Family
Trees or shrubs
Leaves alternate, simple, oblique
bases, stipules paired
Flowers solitary, cymose or
fasiculate, bi- or unisexual, reduced, wind-pollinated
Fruit a samara or drupe
Divided into two subfamilies based on fruit type:
Ulmoideae - fruit a samara, includes Ulmus (elms)
Celtodoideae - fruit a drupe, includes Celtis
(hackberries)
18 genera, 150+ species
Economic importance - shade trees and lumber
Medicinal uses - Tea made from the inner bark of Slippery Elm
(Ulmus rubra) has been used internally for sore throats,
indigestion, and ulcers and various types of external wounds.
Diagnostic characters - woody, leaves simple and basally oblique,
fruit a samara or drupe
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