Effect of time and intensity of tapping on the gum yields of Acacia seyal var. seyal in South Kordofan, Sudan

• Published in: Forests, trees and livelihoods Vol. 16; no. 3; pp. 219 - 225
• Main Authors: Fadl, K.E.M, Gebauer, J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2006
• Subjects: Acacia; Acacia seyal; branches; gum arabic; multipurpose trees; non timber forest product; nontimber forest products; NTFP; Sudan; talh; temporal variation; tree tapping; trees; yields; Sudan

A. seyal var. seyal (talh*) is an important multipurpose tree of the agro-silvo-pastoral systems in semi-arid South Kordofan. The species produces gum which is collected from natural exudation by the rural people. However, little information is available about the tapping possibility of A. seyal var...