- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Tiliaceae
- English Names
- Natural Habitat
- Europe (including Great Britain)
- especially Russia
- Balkan
- Northern Italy
- Part(s) Used
- Flores Tiliae cum bracteis
- Lignum Tiliae
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- Constituent(s)
- flower: tiliacin
- tiliaretin
- farnesol
- volatile oil
- magnesium salts
- tannin
- sugar
- gum
- mucilage
- fat
- hesperidine
- anthoxanthine
- ceratine
- malic acid
- tartaric acid
- acetic acid
- pectin
- Action
- flower: sudorific
- anodyne
- soporific
- nervine
- demulcent
- soothing
- antispasmodic
- stimulant
- tonic
- diuretic
- expectorant
- much used in colds etc. ; wood: it is employed in making Carbo ligni Tiliae
- which is used for the same purposes as other kinds of Carbo vegetabilis
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