Large Leaved Lime (Tilia platyphyllos)

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

delicious addition to salads and sandwiches, the young leaves are mild and tender with a somewhat mucilaginous texture. — Young leaves - raw.; A delicious addition to salads and sandwiches, the young leaves are mild and tender with a somewhat mucilaginous texture.; A very acceptable chocolate substitute can be made from a paste of the ground-up flowers and immature fruit.; Trials on marketing the product failed because the paste is very apt to decompose.

Habitat & North American Range

Woods on good calcareous or base rich soils. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6)