tabann.
/ˈtabən/ The tree Isonandra Gutta (or I. Taban), that yields gutta-percha. Hence taban-tree.
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1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. ii. iii. 589 Isonandra Gutta, the Gutta Percha or Taban-tree..a native of Singapore, Borneo, and other Malay Islands.
1874 A. B. Garrod & E. B. Baxter Essentials Materia Medica (ed. 4) 299 Gutta-Percha,..the inspissated juice of Isonandra gutta, the Gutta-percha or Taban tree.
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