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American Styrax
Liquidambar styraciflua
American Styrax · Sweetgum · Alligator-wood · Alligatorwood · Amberboom · Ambrapuut · Ambrowiec Amerykański · Ambrowiec Balsamiczny · Ambroň · American Storax · American Sweet Gum · American sweet gum · American-storax · Amerika sığla ağacı · Amerikaanse amberboom · Copalme d'Amérique · Copalme d'Amérique, Styrax d'Amérique, Liquidambar · Gumball Tree · Liquidambar
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Mexico(Aztec), Nd, US, Mexico, US(Appalachia), German, Guatemala, US(Colonial)
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Ache(Head), Antiseptic, Catarrh, Dentifrice
Science studied: ALUMINUM, ASH, BENZYL-CINNAMATE, BORNYL-ACETATE
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Hamamelidaceae
Scientific name: Liquidambar styraciflua
Common names: American Styrax, Sweetgum, Alligator-wood, Alligatorwood, Amberboom, Ambrapuut, Ambrowiec Amerykański, Ambrowiec Balsamiczny, Ambroň, American Storax, American Sweet Gum, American sweet gum, American-storax, Amerika sığla ağacı, Amerikaanse amberboom, Copalme d'Amérique, Copalme d'Amérique, Styrax d'Amérique, Liquidambar, Gumball Tree, Liquidambar
History
The source record documents this plant in Mexico(Aztec), Nd, US, Mexico, US(Appalachia), Elsewhere, German, Guatemala and 7 additional places.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Ache(Head)
- Antiseptic
- Catarrh
- Dentifrice
- Diarrhea
- Digestive
- Diuretic
- Dysentery
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- Eruption
- Expectorant
- Gonorrhea
- Gum
- Halitosis
- Inflammation
- Masticatory
- Medicine
- Perfume
- Scabies
- Sedative
- Skin
- Stomachic
- Soporific
- Stimulant
- Sudorific
- Ache(Tooth)
- Tumor
- Uteritis
- Vulnerary
- Wound
- Fumigant
- Herpes
- Sore(Foot)
- Carminative
- Fever
- Parasiticide
- Pectoral
- Tea
- Tooth
- Sore
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Mexico(Aztec)
- Nd
- US
- Mexico
- US(Appalachia)
- Elsewhere
- German
- Guatemala
- US(Colonial)
- Dutch
- "
- Mexico(Chinantec)
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- US(Amerindian)
- English
- US(SC)
Documented cultural uses
- Ache(Head)
- Antiseptic
- Catarrh
- Dentifrice
- Diarrhea
- Digestive
- Diuretic
- Dysentery
- Eruption
- Expectorant
- Gonorrhea
- Gum
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- Halitosis
- Inflammation
- Masticatory
- Medicine
- Perfume
- Scabies
- Sedative
- Skin
- Stomachic
- Soporific
- Stimulant
- Sudorific
- Ache(Tooth)
- Tumor
- Uteritis
- Vulnerary
- Wound
- Fumigant
- Herpes
- Sore(Foot)
- Carminative
- Fever
- Parasiticide
- Pectoral
- Tea
- Tooth
- Sore
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ALUMINUM
- ASH
- BENZYL-CINNAMATE
- BORNYL-ACETATE
- BORON
- CALCIUM
- CHROMIUM
- CINNAMIC-ALCOHOL
- COBALT
- COPPER
- CYANIDIN
- DELPHINIDIN
- EO
- 3-EPIOLEANOLIC-ACID
- ETHYL-CINNAMATE
- FAT
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- IODINE
- KAEMPFEROL-3-0-GLUCOSIDE
- LANTHANUM
- LEAD
- MAGNESIUM
- MANGANESE
- MONOTROPEOSIDE
- MYRICETIN-3-GLUCOSIDE
- NEODYMIUM
- NICKEL
- OLEANOLIC-ACID
- PHENYLPROPYL-ALCOHOL
- PHOSPHORUS
- POTASSIUM
- PROTEIN
- QUERCETIN-3'-GLUCOSIDE
- SILVER
- ALPHA-SITOSTEROL
- SHIKIMIC-ACID
- STRONTIUM
- STYRENE
- STYROCAMPHENE?
- TANNIN
- TITANIUM
- VALERANAL
- VALERANONE
- VANADIUM
- VANILLIN
- VITISPIRANE
- YTTERBIUM
- YTTRIUM
- ZINC
- CINNAMIC-ACID
- PHENYLPROPYL-CINNAMATE
- SELENIUM
- BARIUM
- CINNAMYL-CINNAMATE
- ELLAGIC-ACID
- ETHANOL
- MYRICITRIN
- QUERCITRIN
- BETA-SITOSTEROL
- TUNGSTEN
- WATER
- ZIRCONIUM
- BENZYL-ALCOHOL
- SODIUM
- FLUORINE
- BORNEOL
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Reference images
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
Contributions and revisions
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