LIME TREE POLLEN ALLERGY

Key Allergens

Lime trees are in the Malvaceae family of plants. Other plants in this family include okra, durian fruit and cocoa. They are also sometimes called Linden trees. They are not the same as lime fruit trees.

Lime trees in the UK are mostly ornamental, but the pollen can cause allergic rhinitis symptoms. It is present in the UK over Summer, peaking in June.

Associated Syndromes

An allergy to lime tree pollen is strongly associated with seasonal allergic rhinitis (hayfever).

A lime tree pollen allergy is also linked to asthma, rhinoconjunctivitis and atopic dermatitis.

Cross Reactivity

There are currently no defined allergens for lime tree pollen, so no known cross reactivity.

Cross Reactivity Tool

Resources

Websites

Worcester Pollen Forecast

Allergy UK - Managing your asthma and your allergic rhinitis throughout the seasons

London Allergy & Immunology Centre - Pollen Allergy

Woodland Trust - Common Lime

AAFA - Pollen Allergy in the US

Allergen Encyclopedia - Linden (Tilia spp.)

Science Direct - Tilia

Pollen Library Tilia spp.

Articles and Journals

Mass Spectrometry-Based Identification of Bioactive Bee Pollen Proteins: Evaluation of Allergy Risk after Bee Pollen Supplementation, 2022

Analysis of the concentration of Tilia sp. pollen in selected Polish cities, 2020

Tree pollen allergens—an update from a molecular perspective, 2015

Allergy to linden pollen (Tilia cordata), 2001

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