Liquidambar excelsa
{{Short description|Species of plant}}{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Speciesbox
| 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
| genus = Liquidambar
| species = excelsa
| 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}}]]
References
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Category:Flora of East Himalaya
Category:Flora of Assam (region)
Category:Flora of the Lesser Sunda Islands
Category:Plants described in 1841
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