If you are talking about gum diggers in NZ, answer is Kauri trees.
Yes. The pioneers scraped the sap from the bark and used it as chewing gum
Gum leaves are leaves from the Eucalyptus tree. Australians commonly refer to Eucalyptus trees as gum trees.
Gum trees on average live to be 400 to 900 years old. However, some gum trees can live to be much older than this.
Gum Tree is a town in Mississippi that is named for a grove of gum trees found in the area.
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Eucalyptus is the genera for (Australian) gum trees. They are members of the wider Myrtle family.[But not for rubber trees.]
The gum was made from the resin of spruce trees
The makers were originally trying to make a new, cheaper alternative to rubber. It failed the rubber tests but he then had an idea, popped it into his mouth and gum was invented. Gum has been around forever. The gum was from the greeks and romans.