Liquidambar acalycina
Formosan-Gum
Liquidambar formosana
Hance Species
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- Botanical name
- Liquidambar formosana
- Also known as
- Chinese Sweet Gum, Formosan Sweet-Gum, Formosan-Gum
- Family
- Altingiaceae
- Genus
- Liquidambar
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Formosan-Gum
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Liquidambar formosana but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Liquidambar acerifolia
Liquidambar edentata
Liquidambar formosana var. monticola
Liquidambar maximowiczii
Liquidambar rosthornii
Liquidambar tonkinensis
Others in Liquidambar
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