Tilia nobilis Rehder & E. H. Wilson

Trees 4-12 m tall. Branchlets glabrous; terminal bud glabrous or sparsely pilose. Petiole 4-10 cm, glabrous; leaf blade nearly orbicular, (5.5-)10-14(-17) × (5-)7-8(-13) cm, papery, abaxially glabrous or fascicled hairy in vein axils only, adaxially glabrous, basal veins 5, lateral veins 6-8 pairs, minor veinlets prominently raised abaxially, base oblique, cordate, truncate, or rounded, margin serrate, apex acuminate or shortly caudate. Cymes 3-16-flowered, usually longer than or equaling bracts; peduncle adnate to bract for 2/5-1/2 length. Bracts broadly oblanceolate or narrowly oblong, 8-16 × 1.5-2.5 cm, abaxially nearly glabrous or sparsely pilose, adaxially glabrous; stalk to 0.5 cm. Sepals abaxially subglabrous or sparsely pilose, adaxially villous at base, margin densely hairy. Petals oblanceolate, glabrous, shortly stalked. Stamens 30-45; staminodes spatulate, long stalked. Ovary tomentose or nearly glabrous in bud; style glabrous; stigma prominently swollen, 2-lobed. Fruit nearly globose, sometimes prominently 5-angled, ca. 10 mm in diam., yellowish tomentose; exocarp woody, hard, indehiscent. Fl. Jun-Jul, fr. Aug-Oct. 2n = ca. 328*.

?Henan, Sichuan, Yunnan.

● Forests; 1800-2500 m.

Tilia nobilis, the noble lime, is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae, native to south-central China. A tree typically 4 to 12 m (13 to 39 ft) tall, it is found in forests at elevations of 1,800 to 2,500 m (5,900 to 8,200 ft). An octoploid, it has large leaves and floral bracts. It is occasionally available from specialty nurseries.

Tilia nobilis, le Tilleul noble est un arbre de la famille des Tiliaceae ou des Malvaceae, sous-famille des Tilioideae, selon la classification phylogénétique,. Catalogue of Life.

Tilia nobilis là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Cẩm quỳ. Loài này được Rehder & E.H. Wilson miêu tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1915.

大椴（学名：Tilia nobilis）为锦葵科椴属的植物，为中国的特有植物。分布于中国大陆的云南、河南、四川等地，目前已由人工引种栽培。