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Pale green denotes gutta-percha growing areas. (Map data @2018 Google.)

Pale green denotes gutta-percha growing areas. (Map data @2018 Google.)

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This is an archaeology of Gutta Percha which explores how the tree is grown and harvested in Malaysia, Sabah and Sarawak. It looks at its discovery by the Victorian intelligentsia and how the huge demand from the telegraph industry leads to resource depletion in the wild.