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Botanical Family · Malvales

Tiliaceae

Lime tree/Jute family

31 speciesOrder Malvales8+ well-known plants

The linden or jute family (now largely merged into Malvaceae). Includes jute (Corchorus) — one of the most important natural fibres — and the lime/linden trees (Tilia) with fragrant flowers. Mostly trees and herbs with stellate (star-shaped) hairs and fibrous bark.

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Representative TILIACEAE specimen
Representative specimen · Tiliaceae
Key pattern

Alternate leaves often felted with star-shaped (stellate) hairs, over a fibrous, stringy inner bark; regular five-petalled flowers carry numerous stamens and ripen into a capsule — the same fibre-rich bark structure that yields jute.

The family's tough phloem fibres are, commercially, the world's second most-used natural fibre after cotton, harvested at scale from Corchorus (jute).

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HabitWhat is the plant's growth habit?
Herb
Herb/shrub
Shrub
Shrub/tree
Tree
Leaf TextureWhat does the leaf surface feel/look like?
Hairy
Rough/sandpapery
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Fruit MarkAnything distinctive about the fruit?
Long slender capsule
Round dry capsule
Leaf TextureWhat does the leaf surface feel/look like?
Hairy
Rough/sandpapery
Smooth
Woolly
Leaf TextureWhat does the leaf surface feel/look like?
Rough/sandpapery
Smooth
Leaf TextureWhat does the leaf surface feel/look like?
Rough/sandpapery
Smooth
Woolly

How to recognise the Tiliaceae family

  • 01

    Star-shaped (stellate) hairs on surfaces

  • 02

    Fibrous bast in stems used as fibre

  • 03

    5-petalled regular flowers, numerous stamens

Typical leaf characters

Characters typical of the family — individual species can vary.

Typical flower & fruit

Typical of the family — flowering plants only; species can vary.

Notable members

Trincomalee Wood Tree, Halmilla TreeBerrya cordifoliaEast Indian MallowCorchorus aestuansJute, White JuteCorchorus capsularisAfrican JuteCorchorus fascicularisTossa Jute, Jew's Mallow, Nalta JuteCorchorus olitoriusWild JuteCorchorus tridensWhite JuteCorchorus trilocularisJangli BhendiErinocarpus nimmonii

All 31 species in TILIACEAE

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