Liquidambar orientalis
Endemic to Türkiye
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Maple-like five-lobed palmate leaf, but ALTERNATE — maples are opposite
Lobe margins finely and regularly serrate
Wounded bark exudes fragrant balsamic storax
Fruit a hanging spiky ball, borne singly unlike plane trees