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Carapa procera D.C. (family Meliaceae) occurs widely in the forests of the Western Area of Sierra Leone. Between December and February the stem exudes gum varying from pale-green to dark brown. On analysis, a single unpurified nodule gave ash, 1.68 per cent; nitrogen, 0.44 per cent; acetyl groups, 1.84 per cent; alkoxyl groups (calculated as ethoxyl), 2.63 per cent. Results for two other nodules were not significantly different from these. The crude gum dissolves partially in cold water to give a markedly acidic solution.
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COLE, I. Composition of Carapa procera Gum. Nature 202, 1109–1110 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/2021109a0
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