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Liquidambar orientalis Mill.

American red gum; ambar wood; tassel wood

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
Deutsch Amerikanischer Amberbaum; Amberbaum, Satin-Nuss
English American red gum; ambar wood; tassel wood
Français Sweetgum
Italiano Amerikanischer Amberbaum; Amberbaum, Satin-Nuss
Suomi Amerikanischer Amberbaum; Amberbaum, Satin-Nuss
Norsk Amerikanischer Amberbaum; Amberbaum, Satin-Nuss
Čeština Amerikanischer Amberbaum; Amberbaum, Satin-Nuss
Español storaque, liquidambar, ocozotl (MX); satén (ES, cAm)
Svenska Amerikanischer Amberbaum; Amberbaum, Satin-Nuss
Polski Amerikanischer Amberbaum; Amberbaum, Satin-Nuss
Український Amerikanischer Amberbaum; Amberbaum, Satin-Nuss
Român Amerikanischer Amberbaum; Amberbaum, Satin-Nuss
Русский Amerikanischer Amberbaum; Amberbaum, Satin-Nuss
Български Amerikanischer Amberbaum; Amberbaum, Satin-Nuss
EESTI Amerikanischer Amberbaum; Amberbaum, Satin-Nuss
日本語 Amerikanischer Amberbaum; Amberbaum, Satin-Nuss
Other names

Further information

Intkey
COL
Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

Geographic Regions Kleinasien
States and Territories Turkey (Inner Anatolia, SW-Anatolia, W-Anatolia); East Aegaean Isl. (Rhodos); Taiwan [I]; Vietnam [I]
[I] = Introduced

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Saxifragales
Family Altingiaceae
Genus Liquidambar
Species orientalis
Author citation Mill.
Scientific name Liquidambar orientalis Mill.

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Microscopic features

Containers zerstreutporig
Intkey https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/hamlisty.htm

Macroscopic features

Wood odor Kein ausgeprägter Geruch
Growth ring boundaries clearly recognizable
Heartwood with color stripes
Strip in the heartwood Mit Farbstreifen
Color heartwood braun bis rot

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC 5
Common furniture beetle (Anobium) n/a
Termites n/a
Remarks /D ähnliche Arten aus Südasien (1) und Kleinasien (2): /E similar species from southern Asia (1) and Asia Minor (2): /F autres espèces semblables du Asie Sud (1) et Asie Minor (2): /P outras espécies similares do sul da ôsia e ôsia Menor /S otras especies similares de Asia Sur (1) y de Asia Menor (2): / Liquidambar formosana (1); Liquidambar orientalis (2)

Impregnability according to EN 350

Impregnability of heartwood n/a
Impregnability of the sapwood n/a
Width of the sapwood n/a

Raw density oven-dried u =12%
(e.g. according to EN 350)

Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit 0.44-0.55 kg/m3

Appearances

Wood

American red gum; ambar wood; tassel wood

Liquidambar orientalis , ©Dennis Wilson

Bark

American red gum; ambar wood; tassel wood

LOXX , Bark , ©Dennis Wilson

American red gum; ambar wood; tassel wood

LOXX , Rinde, IMG, 6413 ,

Leaves

American red gum; ambar wood; tassel wood

LOXX , Blätter, 2, IMG, 6414 ,

American red gum; ambar wood; tassel wood

LOXX , Blätter, 3, IMG, 6415 ,

American red gum; ambar wood; tassel wood

LOXX , Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson

Branch

American red gum; ambar wood; tassel wood

LOXX , Branch , ©Dennis Wilson