Sweet gum
very common street tree in urban and even some semi rural NY and New
England states.

Usha di

On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 10:41 PM, D.S Rawat <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Yes Sir, close resemblance with Maple (Aceraceae) and Chinar
> (Platanaceae). Though from a family (Altingiaceae) different from both.
> Is it planted in India?
> DSRawat Pantnagar
>
>
> On Saturday, October 11, 2014 10:06:41 PM UTC+5:30, Gurcharan Singh wrote:
>>
>> Liquidambar styraciflua L., Sp. pl. 2:999. 1753
>>
>> Aligator wood, American Storax, sweetgum
>>
>> This tree I first found in USA in 2008, common avenue tree in California.
>> Not able to identify it myself due to paucity of literature  I sent it
>> to TAXACOM forum with note  "A tree with leaves like maple and
>> inflorescence like Platanus" it was soon identified as Liquidambar 
>> *styraciflua.
>> I am sharing it.*
>>
>>
>> Dr. Gurcharan Singh
>> Retired  Associate Professor
>> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
>> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
>> Phone: 011-25518297  Mob: 9810359089
>> http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/
>> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
>>
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