Liquidambar formosana

Scientific name: Liquidambar formosana

Family: Altingiaceae ( ex Hamamelidaceae)

Tradicional name: Steetgum (English), 楓香脂 Fengxiangzhi (Chinese),

Harvest Origin: Vietnam

A resin with an inconspicuous appearance but do not be confused by what you see, its aroma on the charcoal and fabulous, reminiscent of Benzoin but less pungent, sweeter, lovable, with slightly fruity notes.

I still have to investigate more accurately since this tree also lives in the Jiangxi, Fujian, Yunnan, Zhejiang regions of China.

Used in traditional medicine for numerous ailments, a description:

Dispels wind, boosts blood, relieves toxin and pain, stops bleeding, engenders flesh. Apply to ulcer, sore, scrofula, toothache, impediment, paralysis, hematemesis, epistaxis, hemoptysis, traumatic bleeding, and chapped skin.

From the University website where I accompanied some people from Hong Kong and Beijing to do some research in Türkiye on Liquidambar orientalis.

https://sys01.lib.hkbu.edu.hk/cmed/mmid/detail.php?pid=B00363&page=1&sort=name_cht&lang=eng

The resin presents itself with various incursions of vegetal matter inside, surely due to the incision and the spill on the trunk that collects numerous vegetal tissues. If you want to avoid all this, put the resin in a glass jar and add alcohol, when completely dissolved pour into another container passing through a sieve, leave the jar open to let the alcohol out, you will have a much cleaner resin.