A Sudanese farmer harvesting Gum Arabic from Acacia trees in a dry rural landscape, showing amber resin on tree bark.
Gum Arabic, also known as Acacia gum, is one of Africa’s most remarkable natural products, a humble resin that quietly powers global industries. It comes from the hardened sap of the Acacia Senegal and Acacia seyal trees, which grow abundantly in Sudan’s dry belt stretching across Kordofan, Darfur, and Blue Nile regions.