Plant Details

Accepted name:: Liquidambar orientalis Mill. [Altingiaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
3ember	Other	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
ambar saayil	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
amygdaloid storax	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
arabikkunturukkam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
asle-lubni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
balm of gilead	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
blendok getah	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
buhur yağı	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
cinnamic acid	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
drum storax	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
estoraque	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
groundnut	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
günlük emmi	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
kapitaila	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kundurka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
levant storax	Other	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
levent storax	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
liquid storax	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
liquidambar orientalis whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
meah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
meati-lubani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
meih-sila	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
meri-arishippal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
miah-sayelah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
minjak rasamala	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
miye-sāyeleh	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
neri-arishippal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
neri-arisippal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
neriyacippal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
neriyacipparceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
neriyaricippal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
oriental storax	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
oriental styrax	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
oriental sweet gum	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
oriental sweet gum storax	Other	Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
oriental sweet gum, storax	Other	Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
oriental sweet-gum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
orientalischer amberbaum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
rasamalla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
salajet	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shilhaka	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
sigala agaci	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
sihlakah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
silaaras	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
silaras	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
silarasu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
silhaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
so ho hsiang	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
so ho yu	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
storax	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 43 (2020)
storax calamita	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
storaxbaum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
storaxträd	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
styrax	Pharmaceutical	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
styrax calamita	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
styrax calamitus	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
styrax liquide	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
styrax liquides	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002)
styrax liquidis	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
styrax preparatus	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
su he xiang	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
suhexiang	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
sığala yağı	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
turushka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
turuska	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
turuskah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
turuskam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
usteruck	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
κάπνισμα	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
κάπνισμα του αγίου νεοφύτου	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
ξύλον τ‘ αφέντι	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
ميعه سايله	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
苏合香	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
trunk	purified balsam obtained from the trunk	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
gum		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
	Resin	Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
stem	purified balsam from the tree trunk	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
	Oleum (waxcube)	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
Resin		Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
trunk	balsam obtained from the trunk	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
Resin		Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
resin, bark		Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
Exudate		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
resin, gum	balsam	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
trunk balsam	balsam obtained from the trunk	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 43 (2020)
balsam		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
resin		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
trunk	purified balsam obtained from the trunk	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
trunk	balsam	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 32 (2008)
	resin	Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002)
	essential oil, balsam	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
exudate	essential oil	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
trunk	balsam obtained from the trunk	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 37 (2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Liquidambar imberbis Aiton Hortus Kew. 3: 365 (1789).
Liquidambar orientalis var. integriloba Fiori Ann. Reale Ist. Super. Agrar. Forest. 9: 153 (1924).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Liquidambar orientale	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
Liquidambar orientalis	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002) Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Liquidambar orientalis Mill.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025) 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 orientalis Miller	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 43 (2020)
Liquidamber orientalis	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Liquidamber orientalis Mill.	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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