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Liquidambar cambodiana, known as sdey, is a tree of 8 to 10 m native to southwest Cambodia, found mainly on riverbanks in lowland and hill forest up to about 500 m. It is a forest tree with no established horticultural cultivation, so the care guidance here is limited.
Liquidambar cambodiana, commonly known as sdey, is a tree in the Altingiaceae family endemic to southwest Cambodia.
The tree is reported from three locations in the Dâmrei Mountains of southwestern Cambodia. It was reported in the riparian forests in basalt areas (and perhaps more widely) of the Chuor Phnom Krâvanh/Cardamon Mountains of western Cambodia, the tree dominates the riverbanks. However the botanist Ickert-Bond visited Bokor National Park around 2013, and for several days attempted to find specimens with no luck, and identified stands near the Pokovil waterfall in the Dâmrei Mountains as being a population of Liquidambar siamensis
The young leaves of the tree are eaten raw in salads; they are an appreciated food and are particularly eaten in the dish tük kröeung. The wood is used to make tool handles.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Liquidambar cambodiana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
