A medium-to-large tree of the legume family (APG classification: Fabaceae), 6-10 meters tall. It grows wild in the dry grasslands of Arabia and Africa. Gum arabic is made by cutting the trunk of this species, secreting a yellow translucent sap that hardens and is then refined. It is mainly produced in Sudan and Senegal, and is harvested from December to June of the following year. A similar substance can be obtained from several other species of acacia, including this species, Vachellia nilotica (L.) PJHHurter et Mabb. ( A. arabica Willd.) and A. laeta R.Br. [Hiroshi Yuasa October 18, 2019] [References] | |Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend |
マメ科(APG分類:マメ科)の中高木で、高さ6~10メートル。アラビアとアフリカの乾燥草原に自生する。アラビアゴムは、本種の幹に切り口をつけ、分泌された黄色い半透明の樹液が固まったあと、精製したもの。主産地はスーダンとセネガルで、12月から翌年の6月にかけて採取する。本種のほかVachellia nilotica (L.) P.J.H.Hurter et Mabb.(A. arabica Willd.)、A. laeta R.Br.など、数種のアカシアからも類似の物質が得られる。 [湯浅浩史 2019年10月18日] [参照項目] | |出典 小学館 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)について 情報 | 凡例 |
>>: Coffee tree - Arabia coffee tree
The reciprocal of the arithmetic mean of the reci...
...Research on stone structures began in the mid-...
…Other reagents with similar non-acidic -NH2 and ...
In a broader sense, it refers to a sequence of to...
...(4) Winter-flowering begonias These were devel...
1869‐1954 French archaeologist. In 1901, together ...
A copolymer of coumarone, indene, and styrene with...
…[Takakura Tadahiro]. … *Some of the terminology ...
...Unlike the fur of the fur seal, they are not s...
→ Machilus Source : Heibonsha Encyclopedia About M...
One of the five major genres of Chinese music (fol...
〘 noun 〙 (formerly also called "chuto")①...
… [Eiichi Asayama]. … *Some of the terminology th...
...In the short story, after the Romantic school ...
...In addition, the same procedures were to be fo...