Tilia kiusiana

The Kyushu linden or Kyushu lime is in the mallow or Malvaceae family and is native to Kyushu and far southwest Honshu islands in Japan. It is a medium sized shade tree that typically grows to 18 m tall.

• Bark grey-brown, developing ridges which flake in thin scales. Twigs slender (1–2 mm thick), becoming glabrous. Buds with three scales exposed, glabrous, often shining red.
• Leaves are narrowly ovate, 4.5–5.7 cm long and 2–3.5 cm across, base obliquely truncate, tip long-pointed; underside sparsely hairy or glabrous except for axillary tufts; marginal teethare small, without mucronate tips; stocks are short (5–14 mm).
• A leaf-like floral bract 3–7.5 cm long and 0.6–1.2 cm across diverges from the flower stalk near the base. Flowers are drooping, with 9–31 small flowers in compact cymes. Staminodes are present.
• Fruit is small, almost spherical, 5 mm across, with a fragile wall.