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Tilia mongolica
Also called Mongolian Linden
Mongolian lime is a small, slow-growing deciduous tree of compact, rounded habit, usually under 10 m tall, native to mountains of northern China. It is grown as an ornamental for its lobed leaves that turn bronze, then glossy green, then bright yellow.
Tilia mongolica Maxim., commonly known as Mongolian lime, is a tree native to mountains of the northern China, growing up to elevations of 1200–2200 m.
1863: In the summer the Mongolian lime was first collected by Pere David on slopes of the Baihua mountain in the Taihang mountain range about 120 km west to Beijing city center. The specimens collected by David can be seen in the herbarium of the National Museum of Natural History, Paris.
1871: 12 July it was collected by Nikolay Przhevalsky on southern slope of Muni-ula in western part of the Yin Mountains in Inner Mongolia. One of Przhevalsky's specimens is held as an isotype in the herbarium of the Kew Gardens, London.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Tilia mongolica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
