These limes are nothing to do with the citrus fruit. According to Bill Casselman, the name, which has its origins in ancient Arabic, is a corruption of lind, which was old Norse for soft and flexible. Lind then morphed into line, then lime.
These are lovely boulevard trees; as the picture shows, they lean over busy Broadway to provide welcome summer shade.
The blooms have a light and lovely fragrance. Besides perfuming my arrival at work in recent weeks, they have left a fine golden dust of pollen at the edges of the sidewalk.
According to Nicole Perez, lime blossom has long been in use as a herbal remedy; linden tea is used to promote relaxation and digestion. Linden flowers are also used in skin creams and tonics.
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