Malvaceae
Common lime
Tilia × europaea
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Tilia
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Common names
By language (34)
- Arabic
- زيزفون أوروبي
- arz
- تيليا × يوروبا
- Azerbaijani
- Avropa cökəsi
- Belarusian
- Ліпа звычайная
- Bulgarian
- Европейска липа
- Chinese
- 西洋椴, 欧洲椴
- cv
- Европа çăки
- Czech
- Lípa obecná
- Danish
- Park-Lind, Kejser-Lind
- Dutch
- Hollandse linde
- English
- Common lime, Common linden
- Estonian
- Läänepärn
- Finnish
- Puistolehmus
- French
- Tilleul commun, Tilleul intermédiaire
- German
- Holländische Linde, Kaiser-Linde
- hsb
- Nižozemska lipa
- Icelandic
- Garðalind
- Irish
- Teile choiteann
- Japanese
- セイヨウボダイジュ, セイヨウシナノキ, ティユール, リンデンバウム
- Latvian
- Holandes liepa
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Parklind
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Parklind
- os
- Европæйаг сусхъæд
- Persian
- نمدار معمولی
- Russian
- Липа европейская, Липа обыкновенная
- sco
- Lind
- Serbian
- Европска Липа
- Slovak
- Lipa obyčajná
- Slovenian
- Evropska lipa, Navadna lipa
- Spanish
- Tilo Europeo, Tilo hibrido de Holanda, Tilo híbrido de Holanda
- Swedish
- Parklind
- Tatar
- Яурупа юкәсе
- udm
- Европаысь беризь
- Welsh
- Pisgwydden
Synonyms
- Tilia acuminata Opiz
- Tilia banatica Beldie
- Tilia bohemica Dalla Torre & Sarnth.
- Tilia carnuntiae Heinr.Braun
- Tilia communis Gaterau
- Tilia cordata f. vulgaris Ig.Vassil.
- Tilia croatica Degen & Heinr.Braun
- Tilia eriostylis Borbás
- Tilia europaea f. pendula Rehder
- Tilia europaea var. latifolia Ten.
- Tilia europaea var. pallida (Wierzb. ex Rchb.) Rehder
- Tilia floribunda Rchb.
- Tilia hybrida Behlen
- Tilia intermedia DC.
- Tilia officinarum Crantz
- Tilia oxycarpa Rchb. ex Bayer
- Tilia platyphyllos subsp. grandifolia Hayek
- Tilia pseudobliqua Simonk.
- Tilia subparvifolia Borbás
- Tilia sylvestris subsp. intermedia (DC.) Bonnier
- Tilia vulgaris Hill
- Tilia vulgaris B.Heyne
Flowers
- Flower colour
- green, yellow, brown (Wikidata)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Susan Marley, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stephen James McWilliam, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stephen James McWilliam, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stephen James McWilliam, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stephen James McWilliam, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stephen James McWilliam, CC0, from iNaturalist
More in Tilia
- Small-leaved limeTilia cordataMalvaceae
- Large-leaved limeTilia platyphyllosMalvaceae
- Silver limeTilia tomentosaMalvaceae
- 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, 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.