Chiba University Matsudo/Kashiwa Campus Plant Database

Details of genus: Tilia L. [267]

genus_ja:

genus_en: Lime, Linden

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accepted: Accepted

Family: Malvaceae

family_ja: アオイ

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description_en: Genus of 20-45 species of deciduous trees occurring in woodland in Europe, Asia, and North America. They are cultivated for their stately habit, their foliage and flowers, and, in some cases, for their colourful winter shoots. The ovate to rounded leaves, arranged alternately on slender stalks, are toothed or lobed, with tapered to pointed tips and heart-shaped bases. On old trees, the smooth, silver-grey bark becomes fissured. Small, cup-shaped, fragrant, creamy white to yellow flowers are borne in slender, axillary cymes with long stalks; the stalks are fused with the upper surfaces of large, narrowly elliptic or inversely lance-shaped, membranous bracts, usually pale yellow or green, to 15cm (6in) long. The flowers are followed by dry, nut-like fruits. Grow as free-standing specimens or avenue trees. The flowers attract bees, although the nectar of T. tomentosa and T. ’Petiolaris’ may be toxic, especially to bumblebees.

hardiness_en: Fully hardy.

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propagation_en: Stratify seed for 3-5 months and sow in containers in a cold frame in spring, or sow as soon as ripe in a seed bed in autumn; garden-collected seed may yield hybrids of variable quality. Bud in late summer on to seedling understock of T. platyphyllos or T. tomentosa. Remove suckers in winter.

pests_en: Susceptible to honey fungus, Phytophthora root rot, gall mites on the leaves, scale insects on the bark, and aphids that produce sticky honeydew.

description_ja:

comment: N. temperate

comment_ja: シナノキ，ヘラノキ，ボダイジュ

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Update Information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2020-09-04 03:56

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