Liquidambar excelsa

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| image = Rasamala (Altingia excelsa Noronha).jpg

| image_caption = Bole can be branchless to {{cvt|35|m}}

| image2 = Sedgwickia cerasifolia Griffith 1836.jpg

| image2_caption = Botanical illustration

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Beech, E. |author2=Crowley, D. |author3=Wilson, B. |year=2019 |title=Rasamala Liquidambar excelsa |volume=2019 |page=e.T60761029A60761083 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T60761029A60761083.en |access-date=6 April 2024 }}

| genus = Liquidambar

| species = excelsa

| authority = (Noronha) Oken

| synonyms_ref =

| synonyms = {{Collapsible list|

  • Altingia caerulea {{small|Poir.}}
  • Altingia excelsa {{small|Noronha}}
  • Liquidambar altingia {{small|Blume}}
  • Liquidambar altingiana {{small|Blume}}
  • Liquidambar cerasifolia {{small|(Wall. & Griff.) Voigt}}
  • Liquidambar rasamala {{small|Blume}}
  • Sedgwickia cerasifolia {{small|Wall. & Griff.}}

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Liquidambar excelsa, the rasamala, is a species of flowering plant in the family Altingiaceae.{{cite web |url=https://ecocrop.review.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropView?id=3067 |title=View crop Data sheet EcoPort Altingia excelsa |author= |date=2024 |website=EcoCrop |publisher=Food and Agriculture Organization |access-date=6 April 2024 |quote=...production of timber in plantations }}

Distribution and habitat

It is native to Tibet and Yunnan in China, Bhutan, India (Assam), Bangladesh, and Southeast Asia, including western Malesia.{{cite POWO |id=58631-1 |title=Liquidambar excelsa (Noronha) Oken |access-date=6 April 2024 }} A tree reaching {{cvt|60|m}}, it is typically found in wet tropical forests at elevations from {{cvt|550|to|1700|m|-2}}.

File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM 'Rasamalastam in stukken gezaagd Ondern. 'Malabar' te Pengalengan' TMnr 10013068.jpg can reach {{cvt|185|cm}}]]

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