Liquidambar or sweetgum

Species live as far south as Thailand and north as Canada.

Among the last of trees to drop its leaves in the fall and

last to leaf out in the spring.

 

According to wikipedia, "The hardened sap, or gum resin,

excreted from the wounds of the Sweetgum, for example

the American Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua), can be

chewed on like chewing gum and has been long used for

this purpose in Southern United States. The sap was also

believed to be a cure for sciatica, weakness of nerves, etc"

 

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