Tragacanth, Arabicum, Karaya

Product description

Tragacanth is the dried exudate from the root of wild shrubs of the genus Astragalus, mainly Astragalus gummifer Labillariere. The bushy, thorny plant grows in Turkey and middle East.
Gummi arabicum is the exsudate of the Acacia senegal (L.) Willdenow and Acacia seyal plant. They grow mainly in Africa and the Sub-Saharan zone.

Karaya is the dried exudate of the Sterculia urens Roxburgh plant as well as other types of Sterculia. The trees are wild-growing or cultivated in plantations throughout India and the Sub-Saharan zone.

Specifications

Sales markets	Western Europe; Eastern Europe; Middle East; Asia; Australia; North America; Africa; Central/South America
Supplied from	Switzerland

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