They are popular ornamental trees, particularly in warm-temperate areas with hot summers, being some of the most reliable trees for good autumn (fall) colours in these conditions.
Liquidambar styraciflua n : a North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap [syn: sweet gum, sweet gum tree, bilsted, red gum, American sweet gum, Liquidambar styraciflua]
Liquidambar styraciflua is the North American sweet qum, and L.
The most common of these is liquid storax, a brown or gray semifluid substance of an agreeable aromatic odor and balsamic taste, sometimes used in perfumery, and in medicine as an expectorant.