Mwelmu (Elm)

Mwelmu (Elm tree; Ulmus)
Mwelmu wa Amerika (American elm; Ulmus americana)

Mwelmu ni mti unaojulikana kwa matawi yake yanayomea yakitambaa. Ganda la mwelmu lililokatwa kwa vipande na kuchemsha liliwasitiri wakazi wa mashambani nchini Unorwe wakati wa njaa kubwa mwaka wa 1812.
The elm is a tree known for its branches which grow in a spreading manner. Elm bark, cut into strips and boiled, sustained the rural population of Norway during the great famine of 1812.