Gum Arabic, also known as acacia gum, chaar gund, char goond, or meska, is a desert thriving plant. It is the dried exudates obtained from the stems and branches of Acacia trees in the form of dry, hard nodules. There are over 1100 species found grown wild in sub â?? Saharan Africa. It is used in many manufacturing industries such as pharmaceutical, cosmetic, lithography, food industry as a stabilizer, is used in printing, paint industry, textile, pottery industries and various other industrial applications, including viscosity control in inks and in glue.
