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Tilia cordata, the small-leaved lime or small-leaved linden, is a species of tree in the family Malvaceae, native to much of Europe. Other common names include little-leaf or littleleaf linden, [2] or traditionally in South East England, pry or pry tree. [3] Its range extends from Britain through mainland Europe to the Caucasus and western Asia ...
The Alte Linde tree of Naters, Switzerland, is mentioned in a document in 1357 and described by the writer at that time as already magnam (large). A plaque at its foot mentions that in 1155, a linden tree was already on this spot. The Najevnik linden tree (Slovene: Najevska lipa), a 700-year-old T. cordata, is the thickest tree in Slovenia. [29]
Tilia cordata (Little-leaf linden) - introduced; Tilia tomentosa (Silver linden) - introduced; Toxicodendron. Toxicodendron vernix (Poison-sumac) Ulmus (elms) Ulmus americana (American elm or White elm) Ulmus glabra (Wych elm) - introduced; Ulmus procera (English elm) - introduced; Ulmus pumila (Siberian elm) - introduced; Ulmus rubra (Slippery ...
The tree grows to 20 m tall, its bark pale grey and fissured. The leaves are cordate or broadly ovate, up to 15 cm long. The tiny yellowish, almost white flowers of 0.8–1 cm in diameter appear in clusters of 1–3. The stigmata are stellate, and the ovary is strip hairy. Long hairs and short hairs grow in longitudinal, alternating rows.
Tilia cordata . Tiliaceae (/ ˌ t ɪ l i ˈ eɪ s i i /) is a family of flowering plants.It is not a part of the APG, APG II and APG III classifications, being sunk in Malvaceae mostly as the subfamilies Tilioideae, Brownlowioideae and Grewioideae, but has an extensive historical record of use.
Herodotus says: "The Scythian diviners take also the leaf of the linden tree, which, dividing into three parts, they twine round their fingers; they then unbind it and exercise the art to which they pretend. [10] Philyra, mother of the centaur Chiron, turned into a linden tree after bearing Chiron.
Tilia platyphyllos, the large-leaved lime or large-leaved linden, is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae (Tiliaceae). It is a deciduous tree, native to much of continental Europe as well as southwestern Great Britain , growing on lime -rich soils.
Tilia × europaea, generally known as the European lime, [1] common lime (British Isles) or common linden, is a naturally occurring hybrid between Tilia cordata (small-leaved lime) and Tilia platyphyllos (large-leaved lime). It occurs in the wild in Europe at scattered localities wherever the two parent species are both native. [2]