There are many kinds of Acacia Gum in commerce:

Kordofan Gum

Collected in Upper Egypt and the Sudan, in Kordofan,
Dafur and Arabia, and exported from Alexandria,
is considered the best and is the kind
generally used in pharmacy.

It consists of small, irregular pieces, commonly
whitish, or slightly tinged with yellow, and is freer
from impurities than most other commercial varieties.

But those known in commerce
as 'Turkey sorts' and 'Trieste picked,'
which are brought from the Sudan by way of Suakin,
are equally suitable for medicinal use.