Small Leaved Lime

Common name: Small Leaved Lime, Littleleaf Linden
Botanical name: Tilia cordata Family: Tiliaceae (Phalsa family)
Synonyms: Tilia parvifolia, Tilia ulmifolia
Small Leaved Lime is a deciduous tree growing to 20-38 m tall, with a trunk up to 1-2 m diameter. Alternately arranged, rounded to triangular-ovate leaves, are 3-8 cm long and broad. Leaves are mostly hairless. Small yellow-green flowers are borne in clusters of 5-11 in early summer with a leafy yellow-green subtending bract. Flowers have a rich, heavy scent, and attract bees. The fruit is a dry nut-like drupe 6–7 mm long and 4 mm broad. Small Leaved Lime is native to Europe, West Asia and parts of Russia. It is the national tree of the Czech Republic and Republic of Slovakia.