Small Leaved Lime (Tilia cordata)

Family: Tiliaceae | Edibility: Choice Edible (5/5)

Bloom Color: Yellow. Main Bloom Time: Early summer, Late summer, Mid summer. Form: Oval, Pyramidal.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Leaves, Sap/Syrup

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Spring, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

mild tasting and somewhat mucilaginous. — Young leaves - raw.; They make an excellent salad or sandwich filling, they are mild tasting and somewhat mucilaginous.; The leaves can be available from spring until early autumn from the young growths at the base of the tree.; A very acceptable chocolate substitute can be made from a paste of the ground-up flowers and immature fruit.

Habitat & North American Range

Woods on most fertile soils, especially limestone, it is commonly found on wooded limestone cliffs. (Zone 3, Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7)