Tilia platyphyllos Scop.

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Family: TILIACEAE

Genus: Tilia

Catalan common name: Tell. Tell de fulla gran. Til·ler. Til·ler de fulla gran.

Spanish common name: Teja. Teja blanca. Tejo blanco. Tellón. Texa. Tey. Tilar. Tilero. Tillera. Tilo.

Province distribution: Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Girona. Lleida. Tarragona.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Eurosiberian

Uses and properties: Medicinal.

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Macrophanerophyte.

Habitats: Garden plants. Cultivated in the streets.

Characteristics: A deciduous tree that can grow up to 35 m. in height, forming a coned shaped crown. Leaves are alternate, rounded, with a dentate margin and asymmetric at the base. Leaves are a bright green and a ligher shade on the leave reverse, a characteristic that distinguishes it from Tilia tomentosa, whose leaf reverse is silvery. Flowers are small, yellowish white, scented, and arranged in cymes with 3-6 flowers. The fruit is spherical, dry with 4-5 marked ribs.

Origin: From Europe to south-west of Asia.