Observation: Tilia platyphyllos Scop. (Andrzej Konstantynowicz Jul 2, 2007) Useful plants

Most probable name

Tilia platyphyllos Scop.
Least Concern

Malvaceae Broadleaf lime

Submitted name

Tilia platyphyllos Scop.

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Tilia platyphyllos Scop. Broadleaf lime

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Additional data

Place

Łódź, Górna

Personal note

Native to much of Europe, including locally in southwestern Great Britain
Important bees feeding plant.
Edible plant - young leaves raw; chocolate substitute can be made from a paste of the ground-up flowers and immature fruit;  herb tea is made from the flowers.
Herbal plant - a charcoal made from the wood is used in the treatment of gastric or dyspeptic disturbances and is also made into a powder then applied to burns or sore places; lime flower tea is also used internally in the treatment of indigestion, hypertension, hardening of the arteries, hysteria, nervous vomiting or palpitation; fresh or dried flowers is antispasmodic, diaphoretic, expectorant, hypotensive, laxative and sedative.
Useful plant - fibre from the inner bark is used to make mats, shoes, baskets, ropes, etc.

Tilia platyphyllos Scop.Useful plantsObservation

Tilia platyphyllos Scop.
Least Concern

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Tilia platyphyllos Scop.Useful plantsObservation

Tilia platyphyllos Scop.LCLeast Concern

Groups

Plots

Tilia platyphyllos Scop.
Least Concern