Tilia tomentosa Moench - Accepted: Tilia tomentosa Moench bei The Plant List (2010); Familie: Malvaceae (APG III)
Tilia tomentosa Moench - Accepted: Tilia tomentosa Moench bei The Plant List (2014), version 1.1; Familie: Malvaceae (APG III)
Tilia tomentosa Moench - Accepted: Tilia tomentosa Moench bei The Plant List (2014), version 1.1; Familie: Malvaceae (APG IV)
Tilia tomentosa Moench - Accepted: Tilia tomentosa Moench bei BfN Checklist Flora DE; Familie: Malvaceae (APG IV)

Flowers

hermaphrodite flowers; flowers with strong fragrance

Flower ecology

insect-pollinated (honeybees)

Life form

tree

Leaves

densely white tomentose pubescence on lower leaf side

Foliage persistence

deciduous

Fruits

slightly ribbed nut fruits in an infructescence accompanied by a bract

Fruit ecology

wind-dispersed (anemochorous)

Natural occurrence (habitat)

mixed deciduous forests (with beech, oak, ash and maple), coppice forests, forest steppes

Vegetation typ and synecology (plant community)

temperate, mixed broad-leaved deciduous forests

Constraints according radiation (light)

moderately shade tolerant

Usage

leaves and flowers are used for medicinal purposes: leaves are used in treatment of common cold and bronchitis; tea made from the flowers is antispasmodic, diaphoretic and sedative; traditionally, tea of lime flowers was also used to relieve vomiting; used as aromatic plant: the dried leaves are sometimes used as an adulterant for marjoram (Origanum majorana); wood used as sawlogs and veneer logs; used as chocolate substitute made from a paste of the ground fruits and flowers; as ornamental tree

Maurizio, Anna et al. (1982): Nektar und Pollen - die wichtigsten Nahrungsquellen der Honigbiene. 4. Ehrenwirth, München, 3, überabeitete Auflage;

Pritsch, Günter et al. (1985): Bienenweide.. Neumann-Neudamm, Melsungen;

Pritsch, Günter et al. (2007): 200 Trachtpflanzen erkennen und bewerten.. Kosmos, Stuttgart;

The International Plant Names Index (2009). Published on the Internet http://www.ipni.org; Courtesy to IPNI, 2009. Exported from IPNI at date: 2009-09-22 20:17:51;