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The Small-leaved linden
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Which species do you think you have in front of you?
I’ll give you a little hint: it is one of the tree species whose flowers have a pleasant smell and from which you have surely drank at least once a cup of tea.
Congratulations! You figured it out!
You can admire the small-leaved linden or small-leaved lime, scientifically called Tilia cordata.
If you want to get your linden flowers for tea, this is a very good place where you can pick them.
The hill linden reaches heights of up to 20 m, the bark is grayish, smooth, later cracked longitudinally.
The leaves are 3 to 6 cm long, heart-shaped, the flowers are small, yellow. It blooms in June – July.
The fruits are 4 to 6 mm ovoid, with thin, brittle walls („they break between the fingers”).
The longevity of the linden is 200 years.
Did you know that...
Flowers, leaves, bark and charcoal obtained from lime wood are used for medicinal purposes. In ancient Slav mythology, the linden tree (lipa) was considered a sacred tree. In Poland, many villages still bear the name „ŚwiętaLipka” (or similar), in literal translation „Saint Lime”.
The small-leaved lime plays a significant literary motive in several poems written by Mihai Eminescu. Here’s a relevant quote from his poem, „One Wish Alone Have I”:
” (…..) While softly rings
The wind its trembling chime
And over me the lime
Its blossom flings.”
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