Tilia rubra DC,
Tilia platyphyllos ‘Rubra’ , Large-leaved lime, IHLAMUR
A stamp issued by Turkey in 1988 in a series named MEDICINAL PLANTS
For information read this link
https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/89065/Tilia-platyphyllos-Rubra/DetailsThe photo is of a Lime tree in a mountain village in the Peloponnese
There are many references to lime trees in THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN
I have decided on issue number 26, October 2001.
Ettore Pater no writes in his article
THE IMPORTANCE OF SHADE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN
“Tall shadows are created by Pinus pinea ….and many other species, most of them deciduous, such as lime trees [Tilea] planes, elms……”
Later I came across COLLECTING LINDEN FROM THE WILD.
By Chevrel Traher in TMG number60, April 2010