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Malvaceae - syn. Tila grandifolia Ehrh.; large-leaved linden, broad-leaved lime, large-leaved lime, Sommerlinde, Grossblättrige Linde
Deciduous tree, up to 40m in height, native to Europe. Leaves with smooth hairs on both sides, lime-green.
„The small, fragrant, yellowish-white flowers are arranged in drooping, cymose clusters in groups of 3 to 4. Their whitish-green, leaf-like bracts have an oblong-obovate shape.“
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilia_platyphyllos
„The main components of the headspace samples of the living flowers (concentration higher than 3%), were limonene (22.2%), p-cymene (21.7%), Δ3careen (15.3%), germaceren-D (8.7%), β-phellandrene (3.6%) and farnesol (3.6%). Δ3careen (5.2%), Δ-p-dimethylstyren (4.2%), sabinene (3.2%) and γ-cadinene (3.1%) dominated the sample of the cut flowers (closed-loop stripping technique).“ [Comprative headspace anaysis of living and fresh cut lime tree flowers (Tiliae flores). G. Buchbauer, B. Remberg, L. Jirovetz, A. Nikiforov, Flavour and Fragrance Journal 04/2006; 10(3):221 - 224]
Tea from the dried flowers of Tilia cordata and Tilia platyphyllos is used traditionally as diaphoretic. http://buecher.heilpflanzen-welt.de/BGA-Kommission-E-Monographien/tiliae-flos-lindenblueten.htm
