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  • Chestnut oak
    tannin

    Tara, the pod from Caesalpinia spinosa, a plant indigenous to Peru, contains a gallotannin similar to that from galls and has become an important source for refined tannin and gallic acid. The European chestnut tree (principally Castanea sativa) and the American chestnut oak (Q. montana)…

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    Tara, the pod from Caesalpinia spinosa, a plant indigenous to Peru, contains a gallotannin similar to that from galls and has become an important source for refined tannin and gallic acid. The European chestnut tree (principally Castanea sativa) and the American chestnut oak (Q. montana)…

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