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| Life form: |
| Deciduous tree |
| Stems: |
| Height up to 20 m tall |
| Leaves: |
| Alternately, rounded to triangular-ovate (heart-like), mostly hairless, small, green, bare, leaf underside blue-green, small rust colored tufts of hair in the nerve angles |
| Flowers: |
| Between five and fifteen flowers of light yellow or creamy color; small, individual flowers in loose drooping clusters; flower clusters with a leaf-like bract; fragrant |
| Flowering Period: |
| July-August |
| Fruits: |
| Nut, round to pear-shaped, thin shell with indistinct ridges |
| Habitat: |
| Native to hardwood forests |
| Distribution: |
| Southern and central Sweden |
Derivation of the botanical name:
Tilia,Latin tilia is cognate to Greek πτελέᾱ, ptelea, "elm tree", τιλίαι, tiliai, "black poplar" (Hes.), ultimately from a Proto-Indo-European word *ptel-ei̯ā with a meaning of "broad" (feminine); perhaps "broad-leaved" or similar.
cordata, Latin cordatus (heart-shaped) and refers to the leaf shape.
- The standard author abbreviation Mill. is used to indicate Philip Miller FRS (1691 – 1771) , an English botanist of Scottish descent.
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