wallichiana was identified by Melville and Heybroek after the latter's expedition to the Himalaya in 1960.

[1] A deciduous tree growing to 30 m with a crown comprising several ascending branches.

The bark of the trunk is grey-brown, furrowed longitudinally.

The leaves range from 6–13 cm long by 2.5–6 cm broad, elliptic-acuminate in shape,[2] and with a glabrous upper surface, on petioles 5–10 mm long.

[1] The tree has a high resistance to the fungus Ophiostoma himal-ulmi endemic to the Himalayas and the cause of Dutch elm disease there.