Plant Details

Accepted name:: Liquidambar formosana Hance [Altingiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
beautiful sweetgum	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
beautiful sweetgum fruit	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
beautiful sweetgum resin	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
dala	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
feng xiang shu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
fengxiangshu	Other	Ethnobot. of Dye Pl. in Dong Communities of China (Liu et al., 2014)
fengxiangzhi	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
formosan sweet gum	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
formosan sweet-gum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
formosan-gum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
fragrant maple	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
fructus liquidambaris	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
kinesiskt ambraträd	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
liquidambaris fructus	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
liquidambaris resina	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
lu lu tong	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
lulutong	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
lùlùtōng	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
mei yao	Other	Ethnobot. of Dye Pl. in Dong Communities of China (Liu et al., 2014)
resina liquidambaris	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
silaaras	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
silhak	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
sweetgum fruit	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
三角楓	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
攝攝	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
枫树	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
枫香树	Other	Ethnobot. of Dye Pl. in Dong Communities of China (Liu et al., 2014)
枫香树叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
枫香树根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
枫香树皮	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
枫香脂	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
楓仔	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
楓仔樹	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
楓樹	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
路路通	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
香楓	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
infructescence	dried ripe infructescences	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
seed	ripe seed	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Leaves		Ethnobot. of Dye Pl. in Dong Communities of China (Liu et al., 2014)
Fruit		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
ripe infructescence	dried ripe infructescence	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
resin, leaves	oil	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Fruit		Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
trunk	dried resin	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 6 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Liquidambar acerifolia Maxim. Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, sér. 3, 10: 486 (1866), non Unger 1848, fossil name.
Liquidambar edentata Merr. J. Arnold Arbor. 8: 6 (1927).
Liquidambar formosana var. monticola Rehder & E.H.Wilson in C.S.Sargent, Pl. Wilson. 1: 422 (1913).
Liquidambar maximowiczii Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 3: 200 (1867).
Liquidambar rosthornii Diels Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29: 380 (1900).
Liquidambar tonkinensis A.Chev. Bull. Écon. Indochine, n.s., 20: 839 (1918).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Liquidambar formosana	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Liquidambar formosana Hance	Ethnobot. of Dye Pl. in Dong Communities of China (Liu et al., 2014) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Liquidambar formosana Hance.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

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