Title: Basswood

Additional Names: Linden tree

Literature References: Also called Tilia americana L., Tiliaceae. Grows in mountainous woods from Canada to Georgia and west to Texas. Various decoctions of flowers, trees, bark and wood are used in American folk medicine for disorders of the bile and liver. Preparation of active extracts from the obscure "Tilia alburnum": Lafon, US 3030271 (1962 to S. A. Orsymonde).