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Liquidambar styraciflua L.

Hamamelidaceae

MC ME SC SE North America (Canada: Ontario; USA: Illinois to Massachusetts, Texas to Florida; Mexico to Nicaragua) int MW Eurasia

MC ME SC SE

L[G]

hel hyg->mes acid->neut

dr (native Americans used the gum, bark and roots as an antidiarrheal, dermatological aid, gynecological aid, sedative, febrifuge and for related uses, storax as antiseptic and used in skin disease, the balsam from the inner bark used in soaps, cosmetics, fixative in perfume and incense, the gum used for catarrh, cough, dysentery, sores and wounds of humans and domestic animals) [ex] fd (oleoresin called storax chewed as a sweet natural gum) fr ma (resin for different purposes, the balsam from the inner bark used in adhesives, lacquers and as a flavoring in tobacco) pl pp ti (barrels, cabinet work, carpentry, decorative veneer, furniture, interior construction, interior finish, plywood, veneer, wooden dishes, woodenware)

Liquidambar barbata Stokes Liquidambar gummifera Salisb. Liquidambar macrophylla Oerst. Liquidambar styraciflua var. macrophylla (Oerst.) Nied. Liquidambar styraciflua var. mexicana (Oerst.) Nied.

American sweetgum; alligator tree (USA); alligator wood; alligatorwood, ambarwood (USA); American red gum, American sweet gum; American sweet-gum (USA); biloted; bilstead (USA); bilsted; figured-gum (USA); gum; hazel pine (USA); hazel wood, kyonix (USA); mulberry; red-gum (USA); redgum, sap gum, sapgum; satin walnut (USA); star leafed gum; starleaf gum (USA); starleaf-gum; sweet gum (USA); sweet-gum, sweetgum; sycamore gum, yellow gum (USA)

liquidambar d'Amérique; ambrier, copalme d'Amérique, noyer satiné, styracifère, styrax américain

arbol del ambar; balsamo (Mexico); bálsamo blanco (Honduras); copalillo, copalme, copalome, cotoraque (Mexico); diquidámbo; estoraque (Mexico); goma colorado (Argentina); ingamo (Mexico); legno di noce satinato (USA); liquidambar (Honduras); liquidámbar (Central America, Mexico); liquidámbo; maripenda, molá, naba, ocozote, quirambaro (Mexico); saten (Spain); satinwalnut (Honduras); somerio, suchete (Mexico)

Amerikanischer Amberbaum (german); ícob (huasteco, Mexico); ien-gau-o, ingamo (cuicateco, Mexico); ko'ma, ko'ma'liso (totonaco, Mexico); komaliso (Mexico); liquidambar americano (italian); mbaro (Mexico); molá (chinantleco, Mexico); niite-biito, nijte-pijto (Mexico); nijté-pijto, nité-biito (zapoteco, Mexico); noce satin, noten satijn; occob, ocom, ocop (Guatemala); ocozotl (nahuatl, Mexico); quira-ien-gau-o (Mexico); Satinnuss (german); slu'to'nko (totonaco, Mexico); sochíatl (nahuatl, Mexico); xochicatscuáhuitl, yaga-bito (Mexico); yaga-bizigui, yaga-huille (zapoteco, Mexico)

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Latin name	Liquidambar styraciflua L.
Family	Hamamelidaceae
Distribution	MC ME SC SE North America (Canada: Ontario; USA: Illinois to Massachusetts, Texas to Florida; Mexico to Nicaragua) int MW Eurasia
North America distribution zone	MC ME SC SE
Height	L[G]
Foliage	D
Ecology	hel hyg->mes acid->neut
Use	dr (native Americans used the gum, bark and roots as an antidiarrheal, dermatological aid, gynecological aid, sedative, febrifuge and for related uses, storax as antiseptic and used in skin disease, the balsam from the inner bark used in soaps, cosmetics, fixative in perfume and incense, the gum used for catarrh, cough, dysentery, sores and wounds of humans and domestic animals) [ex] fd (oleoresin called storax chewed as a sweet natural gum) fr ma (resin for different purposes, the balsam from the inner bark used in adhesives, lacquers and as a flavoring in tobacco) pl pp ti (barrels, cabinet work, carpentry, decorative veneer, furniture, interior construction, interior finish, plywood, veneer, wooden dishes, woodenware)
Synonym	Liquidambar barbata Stokes Liquidambar gummifera Salisb. Liquidambar macrophylla Oerst. Liquidambar styraciflua var. macrophylla (Oerst.) Nied. Liquidambar styraciflua var. mexicana (Oerst.) Nied.
English name	American sweetgum; alligator tree (USA); alligator wood; alligatorwood, ambarwood (USA); American red gum, American sweet gum; American sweet-gum (USA); biloted; bilstead (USA); bilsted; figured-gum (USA); gum; hazel pine (USA); hazel wood, kyonix (USA); mulberry; red-gum (USA); redgum, sap gum, sapgum; satin walnut (USA); star leafed gum; starleaf gum (USA); starleaf-gum; sweet gum (USA); sweet-gum, sweetgum; sycamore gum, yellow gum (USA)
French name	liquidambar d'Amérique; ambrier, copalme d'Amérique, noyer satiné, styracifère, styrax américain
Spanish name	arbol del ambar; balsamo (Mexico); bálsamo blanco (Honduras); copalillo, copalme, copalome, cotoraque (Mexico); diquidámbo; estoraque (Mexico); goma colorado (Argentina); ingamo (Mexico); legno di noce satinato (USA); liquidambar (Honduras); liquidámbar (Central America, Mexico); liquidámbo; maripenda, molá, naba, ocozote, quirambaro (Mexico); saten (Spain); satinwalnut (Honduras); somerio, suchete (Mexico)
Other name	Amerikanischer Amberbaum (german); ícob (huasteco, Mexico); ien-gau-o, ingamo (cuicateco, Mexico); ko'ma, ko'ma'liso (totonaco, Mexico); komaliso (Mexico); liquidambar americano (italian); mbaro (Mexico); molá (chinantleco, Mexico); niite-biito, nijte-pijto (Mexico); nijté-pijto, nité-biito (zapoteco, Mexico); noce satin, noten satijn; occob, ocom, ocop (Guatemala); ocozotl (nahuatl, Mexico); quira-ien-gau-o (Mexico); Satinnuss (german); slu'to'nko (totonaco, Mexico); sochíatl (nahuatl, Mexico); xochicatscuáhuitl, yaga-bito (Mexico); yaga-bizigui, yaga-huille (zapoteco, Mexico)
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