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A pile of amber and golden-brown gum arabic crystals from Acacia species, shown against a white background. Close-up of an acacia tree trunk in Sudan with a shiny amber-colored glob of gum arabic oozing from the bark. A bowl filled with translucent, irregular gum tragacanth crystals sits on a wooden board, with a wooden spoon and scattered gum pieces beside it on a dark surface.

gum: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Added a cross-reference to tragacanth. Media added. Feb 10, 2025
Added cross-references throughout. Jan 03, 2025
Add new Web site: US Forest Service - Gums. Jul 19, 2022
Changed "The Sudan" to "Sudan." May 01, 2012
Media added. Nov 01, 2010
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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