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== Description == | == Description == | ||
| − | Any of several acacia trees, such as ''Acacia arabica'' or ''Acacia nilotica'', that produce gums, dyes, and tannins. Babul gum is similar to [ | + | Any of several acacia trees, such as ''Acacia arabica'' or ''Acacia nilotica'', that produce gums, dyes, and tannins. Babul gum is similar to [[gum%20arabic|gum arabic]]. A dark brown juice pressed from the fruit of these trees contains about 12% tannins ([[gallic%20acid|gallic]] and [[tannic%20acid|tannic acids]]) and a dark red-brown water soluble dye. The tree bark is also a useful source of tannins and dyes. |
== Synonyms and Related Terms == | == Synonyms and Related Terms == | ||
Revision as of 09:55, 8 January 2014
Description
Any of several acacia trees, such as Acacia arabica or Acacia nilotica, that produce gums, dyes, and tannins. Babul gum is similar to Gum arabic. A dark brown juice pressed from the fruit of these trees contains about 12% tannins (gallic and tannic acids) and a dark red-brown water soluble dye. The tree bark is also a useful source of tannins and dyes.
Synonyms and Related Terms
Natural Brown 3:3 (bark); Natural Brown 3:4 (pods); babool; bablah; neb-neb; acacia (It.)
Authority
- Helmut Schweppe, Schweppe color collection index and information book Comment: Natural Brown 3:3 from bark and Natural Brown 3:4 from pods
- Ralph Mayer, A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques, Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing)
- Matt Roberts, Don Etherington, Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1982
- F. Crace-Calvert, Dyeing and Calico Printing, Palmer & Howe, London, 1876