Liquidambar styraciflua

Flower name
Liquidambar styraciflua
Scientific name
Liquidambar styraciflua
Aliasアメリカフウ, 紅葉葉楓, American Sweetgum
Place of originNorth America in southern
Place of floweringPark, Streets, Planting
Flowering seasonApril, May

What is Liquidambar styraciflua

Liquidambar styraciflua ,commonly called American Sweetgum, is a deciduous tree of the genus Liquidambar, Department of Altingiaceae native to North America. Flowers bloom in the spring. In one of two Liquidambar is called American Sweetgum. The leaves are palmate to. Shaped leaves of a triangle, so called "Fu" is another one, also referred to as Chinese sweet gum .Liquidambar is similar to Maple. Both deciduous trees, and the leaves in the fall. Is the difference between Liquidambar and Maple. Liquidambar is the Order: Saxifragales , Maple is the Order Sapindus. Liquidambar leaves are alternate, Maple with the opposite. Liquidambar fruit is an aggregate fruit globular, Maple has a propeller with wings.

Common name: Liquidambar styraciflua, scientific name:Liquidambar straciflua, aka: America few, American Sweetgum, origin: Cork quality, living type: deciduous trees, bark: light brown with white gray such as Euonymus lobed, branch: shoots vertically wings, palmate leaves: 5 to 7 cleft, how leaves: alternate, needled, leaf margin: fine serrated with, leaf color: Green → autumn (fall), Monoecious The independent how capitate inflorescences of flowers: male and female separate the flowers: female and male flower head. Pistillate inflorescence to droop in a spherical flowering time: April, fruit types: purple edible aggregate fruit, fruit shape: spherical, fruit color: Green → Brown (autumn), applications: street trees and Park trees