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Malvaceae

American basswood

Tilia americana L.

Family
Malvaceae
Genus
Tilia

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American basswood: Tilia Americana, called Basswood or Lime, on Nicola east side south of Burnaby St.
Photo: Wendy Cutler from Vancouver, Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (31)
Arabic
زيزفون أمريكي
arz
تيليا امريكانا
Azerbaijani
Amerika cökəsi, Müxtəlifyarpaqlı cökə
Belarusian
Ліпа амерыканская
Bulgarian
Американска липа
Chinese
美洲椴樹, 美洲椴, 北美椴
Czech
Lípa americká
Dutch
Amerikaanse linde
English
American basswood, American linden, Basswood, American lime
Finnish
Amerikanlehmus
French
Tilleul d'Amérique
German
Amerikanische Linde
Hebrew
טיליה אמריקנית, טיליה קרוליניאנה
hsb
Ameriska lipa
Hungarian
Amerikai hárs
Icelandic
Svartlind
Irish
Teileog Mheiriceá
Japanese
ティリア・アメリカーナ, ティリア・カロリニアーナ
Latvian
Amerikas liepa, Karolīnas liepa
Lithuanian
Amerikinė liepa
Macedonian
Американска липа
Norwegian Bokmål
Svartlind, Amerikasølvlind
Norwegian Nynorsk
Svartlind
Persian
نمدار آمریکایی
Polish
Lipa amerykańska
Russian
Липа американская
Spanish
Tilo americano
Turkish
Amerika ıhlamuru
udm
Америкаысь беризь, Тӧдьы беризь
Ukrainian
Липа американська
Vietnamese
Đoạn Mỹ

Synonyms

  • Tilia alabamensis Ashe
  • Tilia alabamensis var. oblongifolia Bush
  • Tilia americana f. ampelophylla V.Engl.
  • Tilia americana f. cyclophylla V.Engl.
  • Tilia americana f. dentata (G.Kirchn.) Rehder
  • Tilia americana f. divaricata V.Engl.
  • Tilia americana f. fastigiata (Slavin) Rehder
  • Tilia americana f. grandifolia V.Engl.
  • Tilia americana f. laxiflora (Spach) V.Engl.
  • Tilia americana f. macrophylla (Bayer) V.Engl.
  • Tilia americana f. megalodonta V.Engl.
  • Tilia americana f. microphylla Farw.
  • Tilia americana f. microptera V.Engl.
  • Tilia americana f. moltkei L.Späth ex Dippel
  • Tilia americana f. pedunculata V.Engl.
  • Tilia americana f. rosenthalii (Dippel) V.Engl.
  • Tilia americana subf. euryptera V.Engl.
  • Tilia americana subf. lepidoptera V.Engl.
  • Tilia americana subsp. floridana (Small) A.E.Murray
  • Tilia americana subsp. heterophylla (Vent.) A.E.Murray
  • Tilia americana var. americana
  • Tilia americana var. caroliniana (Mill.) Castigl.
  • Tilia americana var. caroliniana (Mill.) A.E.Murray
  • Tilia americana var. densiflora V.Engl.
  • Tilia americana var. floridana (Small) A.E.Murray
  • Tilia americana var. heterophylla (Vent.) Loudon
  • Tilia americana var. missisippiensis Schelle
  • Tilia americana var. neglecta (Spach) Fosberg
  • Tilia americana var. pubescens (W.T.Aiton) Loudon
  • Tilia americana var. rosenthalii Dippel
  • Tilia americana var. scabra Farw.
  • Tilia americana var. vestita V.Engl.
  • Tilia americana var. walteri Alph.Wood
  • Tilia apposita Ashe
  • Tilia ashei Bush
  • Tilia australis Small
  • Tilia canadensis Michx.
  • Tilia caroliniana Mill.
  • Tilia caroliniana subsp. floridana (Small) A.E.Murray
  • Tilia caroliniana subsp. heterophylla (Vent.) Pigott

and 85 more.

Flowers

Flower colour
yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit
Tree
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Canada: introduced, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native

Photos

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.