Liquidambar formosana Hance
American red gum
Other names
| International recognized trade name (ATIBT) | ||
| Deutsch | Amerikanischer Amberbaum | |
| English | American red gum | |
| Français | Sweetgum | |
| Italiano | Amerikanischer Amberbaum | |
| Suomi | Amerikanischer Amberbaum | |
| Norsk | Amerikanischer Amberbaum | |
| Čeština | Amerikanischer Amberbaum | |
| Español | Amerikanischer Amberbaum | |
| Svenska | Amerikanischer Amberbaum | |
| Polski | Amerikanischer Amberbaum | |
| Український | Amerikanischer Amberbaum | |
| Român | Amerikanischer Amberbaum | |
| Русский | Amerikanischer Amberbaum | |
| Български | Amerikanischer Amberbaum | |
| EESTI | Amerikanischer Amberbaum | |
| 日本語 | Amerikanischer Amberbaum | |
| Other names | ambar wood, tassel wood (US); Amberbaum, Satin-Nuss, (DE); estoraque, liquidambar, ocozotl (MX); satén (ES, cAm) |
Origin
| Geographic Regions | Südasien | |||
| States and Territories | China (Anhui, Chongqing, Fujian, Gansu,Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hongkong, Hunan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, Zhejiang); Taiwan; Laos; Viet Nam | |||
Botany
| Reich | Plantae | |||
| Tribe | Tracheophyta | |||
| Gymnosperm | Angiosperm | |||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | |||
| Order | Saxifragales | |||
| Family | Altingiaceae | |||
| Genus | Liquidambar | |||
| Species | formosana | |||
| Author citation | Hance | |||
| Scientific name | Liquidambar formosana Hance | |||
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 ôsia e ôsia 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
Liquidambar formosana , ©Dennis Wilson
Bark
LOXX , Bark , ©Dennis Wilson
LOXX , Bark , ©Dennis Wilson
LOXX , Bark , ©Dennis Wilson
Leaves
LOXX , Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson
Twigs
LOXX , Twigs , ©Dennis Wilson
Seed
LOXX , Seeds , ©Dennis Wilson
Fall Leaves
LOXX , Fall Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson