Tilia platyphyllos Scop., Fl. Carmol. ed. 2, 1: 373. 1772; R. Parker, For. Fl. Punjab 56. 1918.

Trees, up to 40 m tall; branchlets pubescent. Leaves 6 - 12 x 6 - 11 cm, broadly ovate cordate at base, acuminate at apex, serrate, teeth not aristate, glabrous or sparsely pubescent above, pubescent beneath with simple hairs and pale tufts in axils of nerves. Cymes pendulous, 3 - 5-flowered; bracts glabrous. Fruits 7 - 9 mm across, subglobose to pyriform; pericarp strongly 3 - 5-ribbed, woody, tomentose.

Fl. & Fr. June - Oct.

Cultivated in Himachal Pradesh.

Native of Europe.