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cmrdporcupine 2 days ago

Vitis riparia (wild grapevine endemic to the whole eastern side of North America, grows like a weed all over extremely disease resistant and cold hardy) and hybrids with it also produce gum arabic from their spring pruning wounds: https://agresearchmag.ars.usda.gov/2015/dec/grape/

Combined with the high sugars in the fruit and this cellulose things, overall an extremely useful plant.

johnofthesea a day ago | parent [-]

It is also used as grafted rootstock for Vitis vinifera in majority of vineyards (at least in Europe). BEcause of Phylloxera [0]

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phylloxera#Fighting_the_%22phy...