
Liquid amber wood. The generic name liquidambar means literally liquid amber and refers to the pleasant tasting resin that the tree exudes when you peel away the deeply furrowed bark. As the name signifies liquid amber is remarkable for its sweet tasting resinous sap. Liquidambar commonly called sweetgum star gum in the uk gum redgum satin walnut or american storax is the only genus in the flowering plant family altingiaceae and has 15 species. Nov 18 2011 597 n.
And the sweetgums dark reddish brown wood is valued as a veneer for fine furniture. The trees gum resin for which the tree is named exudes from the bark of the tree when wounded. Liquid amber trees are not. Thread starter mr a.
It did serve as a curative for confederate soldiers dysentery and was harvested during the second world war when asian supplies were cut off. Liquid amber tree is a highly appreciated ornamental cultivar characterized by attractive fall foliage sweet sap and prickly seedpods. Sweetgum liquid amber wood. Sweet gum lumber in my experience is kinda like poplar a little soft for a hardwood and not real distinguished in appearance.
A windham hill collection 1998 bmg music released on. I think liquid amber in lumber form is sold as sweet gum. Despite the world demand for liquidambar through the centuries little was done with the yield of the north american sweet gum tree. Pollen grains seed got stuck in and enclosed by the liquid sap and it fossilized you have the object in.
Sweet gum wood though has been another story. It has many names including liquid amber or copalm balsam. I got a truckload for free so. Feb 23 2013 1 is this terrible firewood.
Start date feb 23 2013. Considering how much work there is in going from tree to dry wood id pass up on it. Provided to youtube by sony music entertainment liquid amber laurence juber sounds of wood steel. Status not open for further replies.
However this type of wood burns very hot. It was once used commercially for making soaps adhesives and drugs.