American Sweetgum

This is 'Momijiba-Fuu' or American sweetgum. The other Japanese name is 'America-Fuu'. The botanical name is Liquidambar styraciflua.







As I wrote yesterday, 'Momiji' and 'Kaede' are the same plant. But today's 'Fuu' is different from that.


The Japanese version of this article is here!

Japanese character(s) (kanji)
* Momijiba-Fuu : 紅葉葉楓
* America-Fuu : 亜米利加楓