2007-10-31 00:09:17 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany
Gum has come from a number of trees over the years. Early people used the mastic tree, then the sapodilla tree, some people used spruce trees. I myself have made "gum" from the sap of the Sweetgum tree (Liquidamber styraciflua). Here is a link with some more information too.....
http://www.fordgum.com/story.html
http://www.kidzworld.com/article/1057-go-figure-bursting-the-bubble-on-chewing-gum
2007-10-31 00:29:53 · answer #1 · answered by dg398590 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
gum tree
2007-10-31 00:15:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You get gum from a gum tree or you calypso.
2007-10-31 06:54:38 · answer #3 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think its the Baobab nicknamed the tree of life.
2007-10-31 00:14:50 · answer #4 · answered by vinny 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mastic is the gum from an edible tree.
It is used in ices made in the middle east and I think India too
2007-10-31 07:05:37 · answer #5 · answered by rosie recipe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pistacia lentiscus
2007-10-31 00:43:02 · answer #6 · answered by Tarik 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋