Herb. No. 088 · Malvaceae
Small-leaved lime of European streets and forests.
Native · Europe
Native Also grown
OpenGentleplant
Linden
Tilia cordata
Heart-shaped leaves and a honey-bract blossom — the classic European calm-and-cold tea.
Linden blossom (tilleul) is a traditional European nervine and diaphoretic: restlessness, a tense cold, a pleasant evening. The bract and flower are picked together. It is one of the gentlest cups in the folio. Tree-sized patience, or a neighbor who lets you pick.
Flavor
Honey, linden, a faint mucilage — the smell of June streets in Europe.
Parts used
Flower with bract
In favor
- Delicious
- Gentle
- A magnificent tree
Against
- Street trees may be sprayed
- A tree, not a first-year crop