 The branchlets are brown, glabrous, though pubescent when young, and devoid of corky wings.The largely glabrous leaves are elliptic to oblong-elliptic 5–11 × 3–4.5 cm wide, typically caudate at the apex; the margins are doubly serrate .Unlike most elms, the leaves are equal at the base, have short (2–6 mm) petioles, and are flushed dark-red on emergence.