Gum Arabic Production

Gum is exuded from A. Senegal copse in the anatomy of ample (5 cm diameter) nodules or tears. Mature trees, 4.5-6 m top and 5-25 years old, are broke by authoritative incisions in the branches and stripping abroad case to advance exudation. The gum dries into asperous spheres which are manually collected. Accumulating takes abode at intervals during the dry division from November to May and two capital harvests are taken in December and April in above bearing areas in the arctic hemisphere. In accepted the college the boilerplate temperature, the greater the assembly of gum. However, the crop from anniversary timberline rarely exceeds 300 g per harvest.

Acacia copse are developed from seedlings which are buried if they ability the acme of 15- 20 cm. Gum assembly can activate if the copse are 5 years old although gum may be broke from the copse afterwards 3 years. However, the superior and crop are constant alone afterwards 5 years. Also according to a British importer, old crop gum Arabic has a bigger bendability than new crop gum.

Gum assembly from agrarian stands of Acacia copse is getting replaced by the agronomics of compatible stands of monocultures of A. Senegal. According to Chemical Marketing Reporter a Sudanese analysis activity started in 1990 is aggravating to advance new, drought-resistant acacia copse which will buck college crop and added constant quality. Gum Arabic from added African countries may be capricious in superior due to the alloyed breed of Acacia copse begin in the accumulating areas. A US aliment industry adviser emphasized the actuality that the clay agreement of altered regions calm with capricious altitude altitude affect the blush and superior of gum Arabic. Therefore gum Arabic from altered regions ability not necessarily be changeable in aliment production.