Liquid amber wood. The trees gum resin for which the tree is named exudes from the bark of the tree when wounded. Provided to youtube by sony music entertainment liquid amber laurence juber sounds of wood steel. Sweetgum liquid amber wood. As the name signifies liquid amber is remarkable for its sweet tasting resinous sap.
They were formerly often treated in hamamelidaceaethey are decorative deciduous trees that are used in the wood industry and for ornamental purposes. Status not open for further replies. A windham hill collection 1998 bmg music released on. Feb 23 2013 1 is this terrible firewood.
It has many names including liquid amber or copalm balsam. Liquid amber trees are not. Thread starter mr a. And the sweetgums dark reddish brown wood is valued as a veneer for fine furniture.
However this type of wood burns very hot. You can include it as a specimen tree or in the garden border to protect your privacy. Sweet gum wood though has been another story. Considering how much work there is in going from tree to dry wood id pass up on it.
Despite the world demand for liquidambar through the centuries little was done with the yield of the north american sweet gum tree. Mr a minister of fire. Start date feb 23 2013. Liquid amber tree is a highly appreciated ornamental cultivar characterized by attractive fall foliage sweet sap and prickly seedpods.
The wood is also used to make chopsticks for the east asian market as it has a naturally light color with appeal to certain segments of the asian market. 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. I think liquid amber in lumber form is sold as sweet gum. Sweet gum lumber in my experience is kinda like poplar a little soft for a hardwood and not real distinguished in appearance.
I got a truckload for free so. It was once used commercially for making soaps adhesives and drugs.