| Title | tree that beareth the Mastick |
| Origtitle | Liquidambar styraciflua L. - sweetgum |
| Variants | "Liquidambar styraciflua" - Sweetgum |
| Source | USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 235. |
| Date | 1913 |
| URL | http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=LIST2&photoID=list2_001_avd.tif |
| Creator | N.L. Britton and A. Brown |
| Type | Line Drawing |
| Copyright | None |
| Origin | Internet |
Another difficult term! Does mastic refer to a milky juice that becomes ‘rubber’?, or to a gum, or resin ; This term probably refers to sweetgum, Liquidambar styraciflua. ; From 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.;