Tilia platyphyllos

The large-leaved linden or large-leaved lime is in the mallow or Malvaceae family and is native to much of Europe, including locally in southwestern Great Britain. It is a large tree that typically grows to 40 m tall with a domed habit.

• Bark is brownish grey, developing longitudinal square-cracking ridges after about 30 years; twigs are 2–4 mm thick, often hairy and often reddish in sun; Buds have 3 exposed scales and are glabrous.
• Leaves are nearly round, 6–11 cm long and 6-10 cm broad, and often with drooping sides; upper surface is dark green, underside mid-green, often with a cover of simple hairs and always with small denser patches of brownish hairs under the vein axils; margins have teeth with short abruptly-pointed tips 0.4–1 mm long.
• Leaf-like floral bracts on the flower stocks are 6-11 cm long and 1.1–2.2 cm broad, sometimes downy. Inflorescences are drooping, with 3-7 flowers which are large (1.2–1.7 cm in diameter) and saucer-shaped. Staminodes are absent.
• Fruit is ovoid with the narrow end at the base, 9–12 mm long and 8–10 mm broad, with 5 ribs, covered in dense white tomentum; wall is thick and woody.