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LIQUID AMBER FRESH Availability- Summer, autumn.
Shelf Life - 10-14 days
Colors: Leaves have good fall color varying from yellow and orange to red and burgundy.
Can produce resinous fragrance if leaves are crushed.
Sold by bunches
Bunches usually will have 5-7stms
Cases - See Farm Direct Section
Botanical Name :Liquidambar styraciflua
Common Name : Sweet Gum
Product Use : Fruit, Vegetable, Leaf, Stem, Other
Pronunciation :lik-wid-AM-barsty-ra-se-FLU-a
Family Roots :Member of the Hamamelidaceae (witch hazel family).
Native from Connecticut to Florida, down to Central America.
Three not so common and one common family members are Fothergilla, Loropetalum, Parrotia and witch hazel.
Personality : Leaves are to 4 inches across, with 3-5 pointed lobes along woody branches.
Branches are woody, often with corky wings, cut to various lengths.
Plant is a deciduous tree, classed as a dicotyledon.
Ethylene Sensitivity :Low
Care and Handling :Remove bottom leaves if present, recut stems under water
Storage Specifics : 34-38F.
Tidbits : From the Latin "liquidis" (liquid) and "ambar" (amber), referring to the yellow colored resin obtained from the bark.
The fruits are decorative, pendulous, globe-shaped and spiny.
The specific epithet name "styraciflua" means flowing with a gum called storax or styrax, important in medicine and
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