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The tree with the golden sap

author(s) Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
from Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA)
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  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Africa
  • World
  • Western Africa
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CTA. 1990. The tree with the golden sap. Spore 25. CTA, Wageningen, The Netherlands.

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Abstract

Acacia senegal, which produces gum arabic, has suffered greatly from the effects of the drought. This tree with the golden sap (gum arabic) does not thrive in plantations, so the only viable method of restoring it to previous numbers is to protect...

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