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is from North and central Africa and southwest Asia. It furnishes a gum arabic of superior quality. The bark, in times of scarcity, is ground and mixed with flour in India, and the gum, mixed with the seeds of sesame, is an article of food with the natives. The gum serves for nourishment, says Humboldt, to several African tribes in their passages through the dessert. In Barbary, the tree is called atteleh.