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Flos Tiliae
Definition
Flos Tiliae consists of the whole or cut dried inflorescence of wild or cultivated
Tilia cordata Mill. and Tilia platyphyllos Scop. (Tiliaceae) collected
during the flowering phase (1).
Note: According to the European Pharmacopoeia, Flos Tiliae consists of
the whole, dried inflorescences of Tilia cordata Miller, of Tilia platyphyllos
Scop., of Tilia x vulgaris Heyne or a mixture of these (Tiliaceae) (2).
They are usually supplied whole, but the materials used for commercial
purposes may be broken up (3).
Synonyms
T. cordata: T. europaea var. γ L., T. parvifolia Ehrl., T. microphylla Vent.,
T. microphylla Willd., T. ulmifolia Scop., T. silvestris Scop., T. platyphyllos,
T. cordifolia Bess., T. europaea var. β L., T. grandifolia (Ehrh.), T. pauciflora
Heyne (4, 5).
Selected vernacular names
Both species: Bastbaum, lime, Linde, linden, linden flowers, Lindenbluten,
tilia.
Tiilia cordata: bass, bass-tree, bast-tree, common lime, drebnolistnaja
lipa, English lime, European lime, European linden, European small-leaf
lime, European small-leaf limetree, European small-leaf linden, europees
linden, europeisk lind, harilik pärn, kislevelu hars, kleinbladige linde,
kleinblättrige linde, lehmus, lime, limetree, lime-tree, lind, linde, linden,
littleleaf linden, lipa malolistna, lipa melkolistnaya, lipa serdtsevidnaya,
locust-bloom, maida gulli zhuka, malolista, melkolistnaya lipa, niinipuu,
parastā liepa, parklind, shinanoki, sinanoki, skogs-lind, small-leaved linden,
sommerlinde, steinlinde, spätlinde, steinlinde, tei pădureţ, tei pucios,
tei roşu, tei cu frunza mică, tiel-tree, tiglio, tiglio a foglie, tiglio selvatico,
tilleau sauvage, tilleul, tilleul a petites feuilles, tilleul des bois, tilleul
feuilles, tilleul sauvage, tilo, tilo silvestre, tilleul a petites feuilles, til-tree,
waldlinde, winterlinde, winter-linde, zvilpotola cachvi.
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