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Tilia chinensis
Tilia chinensis (Chinese linden, Chinese: 椴树) is a species of lime or linden tree that is endemic to China. It flowers in July or August when honey bees collect honey from its flowers. Especially famous is honey taken from the Chinese linden flowers in Changbai Mountain.
American basswood · Amur Linden · Tilia caroliniana · Ching's Lime · Small-leaved Lime · Crimean Lime · Henry's Lime · Tilia hupehensis · Japanese lime · Kyushu Lime · Manchurian Lime · Maximowicz's Lime
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Tilia chinensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
