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Liquidambar styraciflua
''Liquidambar styraciflua'', commonly called American sweetgum, sweetgum, sweet gum, sweet-gum (sweet gum in the UK), hazel pine,〔http://www.wordreference.com/enit/hazel%20pine%20%5BLiquidambar%20styraciflua%5D%20%5BAmerican%20sweetgum%5D〕 American-storax,〔 bilsted, red-gum,〔 satin-walnut,〔 star-leaved gum,〔 or alligator-wood〔 is a deciduous tree in the genus ''Liquidambar'' native to warm temperate areas of eastern North America and tropical montane regions of Mexico and Central America. Sweet gum is one of the main valuable forest trees in the southeastern United States, and is a popular ornamental tree in temperate climates. It is recognizable by the combination of its five-pointed star-shaped leaves and its hard, spiked fruits. It is currently classified in the plant family Altingiaceae, but was formerly considered a member of the Hamamelidaceae.
==Names==
This plant's genus name ''Liquidambar'' was first given by Linnaeus in 1753 from (Latin ) ''liquidus, fluid,'' and the Arabic ''ambar, amber'', in allusion to the fragrant terebinthine juice or gum which exudes from the tree. Its specific epithet ''styraciflua'' is an old generic name meaning ''flowing with styrax'' (a plant resin).〔 The names "storax" and "styrax" have long been confusingly applied to the aromatic gum or resin of this species, that of ''L. orientalis'' of Turkey, and to the resin better known as benzoin resin from various tropical trees in the genus ''Styrax''.
The common name "sweet gum" refers to the species' "sweetish gum", contrasting with the black gum ''(Nyssa sylvatica)'', only distantly related, with which the sweet gum overlaps broadly in range. The species is also known as the "red gum", for its reddish bark.〔
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