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Tilia platyphyllos Scop.

European lime

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
Deutsch Sommerlinde; Sommer-Linde
English European lime
Français Tilleul à grandes feuilles
Italiano Tiglio nostrano; Tiglio nostrale
Suomi Sommerlinde; Sommer-Linde
Norsk Sommerlinde; Sommer-Linde
Čeština Sommerlinde; Sommer-Linde
Español Sommerlinde; Sommer-Linde
Svenska Sommerlinde; Sommer-Linde
Polski Sommerlinde; Sommer-Linde
Український Sommerlinde; Sommer-Linde
Român Sommerlinde; Sommer-Linde
Русский Sommerlinde; Sommer-Linde
Български Sommerlinde; Sommer-Linde
EESTI Sommerlinde; Sommer-Linde
日本語 Sommerlinde; Sommer-Linde
Other names

Origin

Geographic Regions Europe; Mittelmeergebiet; Northern Africa; Mittlerer Osten
Swiss wood Native in Switzerland (Label Swiss Wood)

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Malvales
Family Malvaceae
Genus Tilia
Species platyphyllos
Author citation Scop.
Scientific name Tilia platyphyllos Scop.

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Microscopic features

Containers zerstreutporig
Intkey https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/tilti-li.htm

Macroscopic features

Wood odor Kein ausgeprägter Geruch
Growth ring boundaries clearly recognizable
Heartwood without color stripes
Strip in the heartwood Ohne Farbstreifen
Color heartwood hell bis gelb hell bis braun

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC 5
Common furniture beetle (Anobium) n/a
Termites S

Impregnability
(according to EN 350)

Impregnability of heartwood 1
Impregnability of the sapwood 1
Width of the sapwood x

Physical properties

Density, air dry u =15%, lower limit 350.00 %
Density, air dry u =15%, upper limit 600.00 %

Raw density oven-dried u =12%
(e.g. according to EN 350)

Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit 520.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value 540.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit 560.00 kg/m3

Mechanical properties

Compressive strength, mean value 44–52 N/mm2
Tensile strength, mean 85.00 N/mm2
Flexural strength, mean 90–106 N/mm2
Young's modulus, mean 7400.00 N/mm2

Areas of application

interior panelling; art objects

Appearances

Wood

European lime

TIXX , aufbau , ©Atlas Holz

European lime

TIXX , rift , ©Bollinger Furniere

European lime

Tilia platyphyllos , ©Lignum

Bark

European lime

TIXX , Bark , ©Dennis Wilson

Leaves

European lime

TIXX , IMG, 6523 ,

European lime

TIXX , Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson

Twigs

European lime

TIXX , Twigs , ©Dennis Wilson

Branch

European lime

TIXX , Branch , ©Dennis Wilson