Do you know about “Gum karaya” ?

Gum karaya is the dried exudates of the sterculia urens tree of the sterculiaceae family. This large and bushy deciduous tree is found in the dry deciduous forests of the Indian peninsula. The best quality gum is collected during Arpil, may and june i.e in summer .During this time as the weather warmer the yield increases. The gum collected during the monsoons has low viscosity . In September after the monsoon, the collection cycle is repeated.

Sterculia or Karaya or Thapsi tree is a native of dry deciduous forests of dry rocky hills lands having tropical climate. Gum Karaya is an exudate of gum obtained from the trees of Sterculia Urens one of the most important forest products of our country.

In India, the species of sterculia are found in tropical Himalayas, west and central India, throughout eastern and western ghats. In Andhra Pradesh, Gum Karaya trees are found in Adilabad, Khammam, Warangal, Karimnagar, Mahabubnagar, Kurnool, Vishakhapatnam, East/West Godavari and Chittoor districts. Gum Karaya trees are also found in Australia, Pakistan, Panama, Phillippines, Indonesia, Senegal, Sudan and Vietnam.

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