Liquidambar excelsa (Noronha) Oken

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Altingiaceae > Liquidambar

Characteristics

A tree.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination anemogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 22.5 - 32.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months
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Fruit color
Fruiting months
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AprMayJun
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a subtropical plant. It grows in Yunnan.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses food material medicinal timber wood
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Appetite stimulants (plant exudate), Colic (plant exudate), Expectorants (plant exudate), Flatulence (plant exudate), Menorrhagia (plant exudate), Pharyngitis (plant exudate), Scabies (plant exudate), Scurvy (plant exudate), Skin diseases (plant exudate), Hydrocele (plant exudate), Anti-inflammatory agents (root), Antipyretics (root), Stomach ulcer (root), Stress, physiological (root), Ulcer (root), Cough (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs soaking and stratification.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 14 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking stratification
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) 20 - 32
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Liquidambar excelsa world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, Indonesia, India, Iceland, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Conservation status

Liquidambar excelsa threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:58631-1
WFO ID wfo-0000364069
COL ID 3VCBX
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
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Synonyms

Liquidambar rasamala Liquidambar altingia Liquidambar excelsa Altingia caerulea Altingia excelsa Liquidambar altingiana Sedgwickia cerasifolia Liquidambar cerasifolia