 "kunmingensis W. C. Cheng, occasionally referred to as the Kunming elm, is a Chinese tree endemic to montane forests at elevations of 600–1800 m in the provinces of Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, and Yunnan.The variety is distinguished by "branchlets occasionally with swelling and irregularly longitudinally fissured corky layers.Leaf blade abaxially with tufted hairs in the axil of the veins.