Altingiaceae

Sweet gum

Liquidambar formosana Hance

Family: Altingiaceae
Genus: Liquidambar

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Sweet gum (Liquidambar formosana) — FlowerPhoto: Yj, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (11)

Arabic: عنبر دماع فرموزا
Cantonese: 楓香
Chinese: 枫香树, 楓香樹, 枫树, 枫香, 楓香, 路路通, 山枫香树, 三角枫
English: Sweet gum
Hebrew: ליקוידמבר מפואר
Japanese: フウ, イガカエデ, サンカクバフウ, タイワンフウ
Korean: 풍나무, 풍향수
Norwegian Bokmål: Kinesisk ambratre
Persian: شیرینژد چینی
Russian: Ликвидамбар формозский, Ликвидамбар тайваньский
Vietnamese: Cây sau sau

Synonyms

Liquidambar acerifolia Maxim.
Liquidambar edentata Merr.
Liquidambar formosana var. monticola Rehder & E.H.Wilson
Liquidambar maximowiczii Miq.
Liquidambar rosthornii Diels
Liquidambar tonkinensis A.Chev.

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Yj, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: vrxz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Fengbao Shen, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: W Rao, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: harum.koh from Kobe city, Japan, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: harum.koh from Kobe city, Japan, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: harum.koh from Kobe city, Japan, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: 祐, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: harum.koh from Kobe city, Japan, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.