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Liquidambar obovata is a tall tree from the montane forests of Hainan, China, known from wild stands at 800 to 1,400 metres elevation and assessed as Vulnerable by the IUCN. It is rarely grown outside its native range, so care guidance below comes from general knowledge of the genus.
Liquidambar obovata is a species of flowering plant in the family Altingiaceae. It is a tree native to Hainan, China.
The species was described in 1935, and received its current name in 2013. The IUCN has assessed it as Vulnerable.
Liquidambar obovata is native to the wet tropical biome of Hainan, China. It is endemic to Hainan. The species' extent of occurrence is estimated to be less than 2,000 square kilometres (770 sq mi).
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Liquidambar obovata 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.
