Description
Tilia (Tilia tuan Szyszyl.) is a plant belonging to the Tilia family and the genus Tilia. It is a precious and important protected plant in China. 20 meters high; bark gray, straightly split; branchlets are nearly bald, terminal buds are glabrous or puberulent, leaves are broadly ovoid, cymes are long, sessile, sepals are oblong-lanceolate, fruit globose, florescence 7 moon. Distributed in the northern temperate zone and subtropical zone. It has various values such as economy, food, medical treatment, etc. Tilia lindenum is a variant.