Malvaceae
Japanese lime
Tilia japonica
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Tilia
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Common names
By language (11)
- arz
- تيليا جابونيكا
- Chinese
- 华东椴, 紫椴
- English
- Japanese lime, Japanese linden
- hsb
- Japanska lipa
- Icelandic
- Japanslind
- Japanese
- シナノキ, 榀, 科の木, 級の木
- Latvian
- Japānas liepa
- Lithuanian
- Japoninė liepa
- Russian
- Липа японская
- Turkish
- Japon ıhlamuru
- Vietnamese
- Đoạn Nhật Bản
Synonyms
- Tilia cordata var. japonica Miq.
- Tilia eurosinica Croizat
- Tilia japonica var. ishiharai Yanagita
- Tilia ulmifolia var. japonica (Miq.) O.H.Sarg. ex Mayr
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
Photos
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Photo: Alpsdake, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alpsdake, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alpsdake, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alpsdake, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alpsdake, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alpsdake, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alpsdake, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alpsdake, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alpsdake, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alpsdake, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alpsdake, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Tilia
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- Large-leaved limeTilia platyphyllosMalvaceae
- Silver limeTilia tomentosaMalvaceae
- Common limeTilia × europaeaMalvaceae
- American basswoodTilia americanaMalvaceae
- Amur limeTilia amurensisMalvaceae
- Tilia dasystylaMalvaceae
- Henry's limeTilia henryanaMalvaceae
- Manchurian limeTilia mandshuricaMalvaceae
- Mongolian limeTilia mongolicaMalvaceae
- Chinese lindenTilia chinensisMalvaceae
- Tilia miquelianaMalvaceae
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.