Gum arabic

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Gum arabic (also known as gum acacia, gum sudani, Senegal gum and by other names) is a tree gum best known by two most popular species of Acacia sensu lato: Senegalia senegal and Vachellia seyal; although there are over 900 species of trees in the genus.

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