Tilia cordata

Tilia Cordata

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Tilia cordata

Tilia cordata (Small-leaved Lime, occasionally Small-leaved Linden) is a species of Tilia
Tilia

Tilia is a genus of about 30 species of trees, native throughout most of the temperate Northern Hemisphere, in Asia , Europe and eastern North America; it is not native to western North America....
native to much of Europe

Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
and western Asia

Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area and, with over 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population....
, north to southern Great Britain

Great Britain

Great Britain is an island lying to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the List of islands by area, and the largest in Europe. With a population of 58.9 million people it is List of islands by population....
(north to about Durham

Durham

Durham is a city in North East England. It lies at the heart of the City of Durham local government district. It is the county town of County Durham....
), central Scandinavia

Scandinavia

Scandinavia is a historical and geographical subregion in northern Europe that includes the Scandinavian Peninsula. It consists of the kingdoms of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark; some authorities also include Finland and some might even include Iceland....
, east to central Russia

Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
, and south to central Spain

Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
, Italy

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
, Bulgaria

Bulgaria

The state of Bulgaria , Scientific transliteration Balgarija, officially the Republic of Bulgaria has played a significant role in the Balkans in south-eastern Europe for over fourteen centuries....
and the Caucasus

Caucasus

The Caucasus or Caucas is a geopolitical region located between Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. It is home to Europe's highest mountain ....
; in the south of its range it is restricted to high altitudes.

It is a deciduous

Deciduous

Deciduous means falling off at maturity or tending to fall off and is typically used in reference to trees or shrubs that lose their leaves seasonally and to the shedding of other plant structures such as petals after flowering or fruit when ripe....
tree

TREE

TREE was a Boston hardcore punk band formed in the summer of 1990. They were active in the Boston music scene until disbanding in 2002....
growing to 20-38 m tall, with a trunk up to 1-2 m diameter.

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Europe

Asia

Great Britain

Durham

Durham is a city in North East England. It lies at the heart of the City of Durham local government district. It is the county town of County Durham....
), central Scandinavia

Scandinavia

Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
, and south to central Spain

Spain

Italy

Bulgaria

Caucasus

Deciduous

TREE

Leaf

In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant Organ specialized for photosynthesis. For this purpose, a leaf is typically flat and thin, to expose the cells containing chloroplast to light over a broad area, and to allow light to penetrate fully into the tissues....
are alternately arranged, rounded to triangular-ovate, 3-8 cm long and broad, mostly hairless (unlike the related Tilia platyphyllos
Tilia platyphyllos

Tilia platyphyllos is a deciduous tree native to much of Europe, including locally in southwestern Great Britain, growing on Lime -rich soils....
) except for small tufts of brown hair in the leaf vein axils. The small yellow-green hermaphrodite

Plant sexuality

Plant sexuality covers the wide variety of sexual reproduction systems found across the plant kingdom. This article describes Morphology aspects of sexual reproduction of plants....
flower

Flower

A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproduction structure found in flowering plants . The biological function of a flower is to mediate the union of male sperm with female ovum in order to produce seeds....
s are produced in clusters of five to eleven in early summer with a leafy yellow-green subtending bract

Bract

In botany, a bract is a modified or specialized leaf. Bracts are ordinarily associated with reproductive structures . They are ordinarily reduced in size relative to foliage leaves, or of a different color or texture from foliage leaves, or both....
, have a rich, heavy scent; the trees are much visited by bee

Bee

Bees are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants. Bees are a monophyly lineage within the superfamily Apoidea, presently classified by the unranked taxon name Anthophila....
s. The fruit

Fruit

The term fruit has different meanings dependent on context, and the term is not synonymous in food preparation and biology. In botany, which is the scientific study of plants, fruits are the ripened Ovary of flowering plants....
is a dry nut-like drupe

Drupe

In botany, a drupe is a fruit in which an outer fleshy part surrounds a shell of hardened endocarp with a seed inside. These fruits develop from a single carpel, and mostly from flowers with superior ovary....
6–7 mm long and 4 mm broad, downy at first becoming smooth at maturity, and (unlike T. platyphyllos) not ribbed.

It readily hybridises with Tilia platyphyllos
Tilia platyphyllos

Tilia platyphyllos is a deciduous tree native to much of Europe, including locally in southwestern Great Britain, growing on Lime -rich soils....
; the hybrid is named Tilia × europaea
Tilia × europaea

Tilia ? europaea Carolus Linnaeus, generally known as the Common Lime, is a naturally-occurring Hybrid between Tilia cordata and Tilia platyphyllos ....
(syn. T. × vulgaris).

Cultivation and uses

It is the national tree of the Czech Republic

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country borders Poland to the northeast, Germany to the west, Austria to the south and Slovakia to the east....
and the Republic of Slovakia.

Tilia cordata is widely grown as an ornamental tree throughout its native range in Europe. It was much planted to form avenue

Avenue (landscape)

Traditionally, an avenue is a straight road with a line of trees or large shrubs running along each side, which is used, as its French source venir indicates, to emphasize the "coming to," or arrival at a landscape or architectural feature....
s in 17th and early 18th century landscape planning. A famous example is Unter den Linden

Unter den Linden

Unter den Linden is a boulevard in the centre of Berlin, the capital of Germany. It is named for its Tilia trees that line the grassed pedestrian mall between two carriageways....
in Berlin

Berlin

Berlin is the Capital of Germany city and one of sixteen States of Germany of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is the country's largest city....
.

It is also widely cultivated in North America

North America

North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
as a substitute for the native Tilia americana
Tilia americana

Tilia americana is a species of Tilia, native to eastern North America, from southeast Manitoba east to New Brunswick, southwest to northeast Texas, and southeast to South Carolina, and west along the Niobrara River to Cherry County, Nebraska....
(Basswood or American Linden) which has a larger leaf, coarser in texture; there it has been renamed "Little-leaf Linden".

In the countries of Central Europe, linden flowers are a traditional herbal remedy (linden flower tea), considered to be of value as an anti-inflammatory in a range of respiratory problems: colds, fever, flu, sore throat, bronchitis, cough and others.

A valuable monofloral honey

Honey

Honey is a sweet fluid produced by honey bees , and derived from the nectar of flowers. According to the United States National Honey Board and various international food regulations, "honey stipulates a pure product that does not allow for the addition of any other substance?this includes, but is not limited to, water or other sweeteners...
is produced by bees using the trees. The young leaves can be eaten as a salad vegetable.

The white, finely-grained wood

Wood

Wood is an organic material; in the strict sense wood is produced as secondary xylem in the stems of woody plants, notably trees but also shrubs, etc....
is a classic choice for refined woodcarvings such as those by Grinling Gibbons

Grinling Gibbons

Master wood carver Grinling Gibbons was born in Rotterdam in the Netherlands, and moved to England in about 1667.Gibbons was an extremely talented wood carver; indeed, some have said he was the finest of all time....
or several prominent medieval altars

Altar of Veit Stoss

The altarpiece of Veit Stoss , also St. Mary's altar , is the largest Gothic architecture altarpiece in the World. It is located behind the main altar of St....
.