Archive for April 10th, 2008
Sweet Gum
Latin Name: liquidambar styraciflua
Alternative Name: formosan gum, bilsted, copalm, gum wax
Forms Available: resin, bark, fruit, leaf, stem
Sweet Gum - liquidambar styraciflua - This plant has been used medicinally in the past. The leaves were used to treat growths, and the resin from the stems to treat boils, toothache and tuberculosis. The fruit was [...]
































