There are many kinds of Acacia Gum in commerce:

Indian Gum
acacia arabica



Photographer: Doug Maguire, Oregon State University
The image is of a five year old Gum Arabic plantation
in Pakistan ready for harvest.

Product of the Gum Arabic tree of India.

The gum of this and other Indian species of Acacia
is there used as a substitute for the official
Gum Acacia,to which it is, however, inferior.

Indian Gum is sweeter in taste than
that of the other varieties, and usually
contains portions of a different kind of gum.