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Tilia paucicostata
Lime Tree, Lime Bushe, Linden, Basswood
Origin: Gansu, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan in China.
| Family |
| Malvaceae |
| Genus |
| Tilia |
| Species |
| paucicostata |
| Category |
| Woody |
| Type |
| Tree (deciduous) |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 3-7 |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| 4 - 8 |
| RHS Hardiness Zone |
| H5 |
| Height |
| 10-15 m |
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Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
| Landscape |
| An excellent shade tree for large areas, lawns, streets, malls, planters and any place where a quality tree is desired. |
| Cultivation |
| Very tolerant to a variety of conditions. Full sun or full shade, but full shade will cause the foliage to become darker. |
| Shape |
| Pyramidal. |
| Habitat |
| Forests at 1300-2400 m. in Gansu, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan in China. |
| Bark/Stem Description |
| Branchlets usually yellow-brown when dry, slender, and glabrous. |
| Flower/Leaf Bud Description |
| Cymes erect, each with seven to fifteen flowers, bracts glabrous, stalked, staminodes present, style pilose at base. |
| Leaf Description |
| Petiole slender, 2-5 cm, glabrous, leaf blade ovate-orbicular or ovate-triangular, thinly leathery, both surfaces glabrous or abaxially sparsely tomentose in vein axils, lateral veins 5 - 6 pairs, basal pair usually 1/2 or more as long as blade, veinlets prominent, base truncate or obliquely cordate, rarely rounded, margin serrate or sparsely dentate, apex caudate-acuminate or acuminate. |
| Flower Description |
| Yellowish, fragrant and blooms in late June or early August. |
| Fruit Description |
| Obovoid, 6-7 mm, apex usually beaked; exocarp thickly leathery, fragile, indehiscent. |
| Colour Description |
| Foliage is dark shiny green and flowers are creamy-yellow. |
| Notable Specimens |
| National Trust Trelissick Garden, Feock, near Truro, Cornwall, United Kingdom. |
| Propagation |
| By seed. |
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