Malvaceae
Large-leaved lime
Tilia platyphyllos
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Tilia
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Common names
By language (46)
- Arabic
- الزيزفون, تيليا, جير كبير الأوراق, شاي تيليو, شاي زيزفون
- arz
- تيليا بلاتيفيلوس
- Asturian
- Tilar
- Azerbaijani
- Enliyarpaq cökə
- Basque
- Ezki hostozabal
- Belarusian
- Ліпа буйналістая
- Bulgarian
- Едролистна липа
- Catalan
- Tell de fulla grossa
- Chinese
- 闊葉椴, 阔叶椴
- csb
- Wiôlgòlëstnô lëpa
- Czech
- Lípa velkolistá, Lípa širokolistá, Lípa širolistá
- Danish
- Storbladet Lind
- Dutch
- Grootbladige linde, Zomerlinde
- English
- Large-leaved lime, Largeleaf linden, Large-leaved linden
- Estonian
- Suurelehine pärn
- Finnish
- Isolehtilehmus
- French
- Tilleul à grandes feuilles, Tilleul à feuilles larges, Tilleul à larges feuilles
- Galician
- Tileiro de folla grande
- German
- Sommer-Linde, Großblättrige Linde, Sommerlinde
- Hebrew
- טיליה אירופית, טיליה אירופאית, טיליה רחבת עלה
- hsb
- Zažna lipa
- Hungarian
- Nagylevelű hárs
- Icelandic
- Fagurlind
- Italian
- Tiglio nostrale
- Japanese
- ナツボダイジュ
- Latvian
- Platlapu liepa
- Lithuanian
- Didžialapė liepa
- Luxembourgish
- Summerlann
- Macedonian
- Крупнолисна липа, Големолисна липа
- nap
- Téglia
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Storlind
- Persian
- نمدار برگدرشت, نمدار برگ درشت
- Polish
- Lipa szerokolistna, Lipa wielkolistna
- Romanian
- Tei cu frunza mare
- Romansh
- Tigl da stad
- Russian
- Липа крупнолистная, Липа плосколистная
- Serbian
- Крупнолисна липа
- Slovak
- Lipa veľkolistá
- Slovenian
- Lipa, Navadna lipa
- Spanish
- Aveneiro blanco, Tilo comun, Tilo de hoja ancha, Tilo de hoja grande
- Swedish
- Bohuslind
- Turkish
- Büyük yapraklı ıhlamur
- Ukrainian
- Липа широколиста
- Vietnamese
- Đoạn lá to
- Walloon
- Tiyoû ås grandès foyes
- Welsh
- Pisgwydden dail mawr
Flowers
- In flower
- June to July (from 21 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Barry Walter, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Fyodor Pudovikov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Victoria Zorko, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sarah Adamson, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Chmee2, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mirko Ubović, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Globetrotter19, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nick Butcher, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Поляков Александр, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
More in Tilia
- Small-leaved limeTilia cordataMalvaceae
- Silver limeTilia tomentosaMalvaceae
- Common limeTilia × europaeaMalvaceae
- American basswoodTilia americanaMalvaceae
- Amur limeTilia amurensisMalvaceae
- Tilia dasystylaMalvaceae
- Henry's limeTilia henryanaMalvaceae
- Manchurian limeTilia mandshuricaMalvaceae
- Japanese limeTilia japonicaMalvaceae
- Mongolian limeTilia mongolicaMalvaceae
- Chinese lindenTilia chinensisMalvaceae
- Tilia miquelianaMalvaceae
Sources: classification 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.