Re: Liquidambar (sweet gum) dye

[Bobbie Ripperger]

Merry, were the leaves you used still green or had they assumed their 
fall color? I found interesting info in Google - the twigs & bark are 
used independently as well as the sap-like fluid (called the 'concrete' 
stage - reminds me of amber! - used for different things at different 
stages during the growing cycle:  a cough medicine as well as against 
diarrhea & dysentery in children, and chewed to sweeten the breath. 
This 'concrete' stage becomes yellowish rather than transparent, so it 
may well be part of the dying process with the leaves.

Bobbie R
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