Tannins are bitter-tasting chemical compounds that bind proteins.
Tannins are present in the following:
Tannins are also used in the treatment of leather, to make it more durable. Natural tannins for this purpose come from oak trees, but synthetic tannins are more used.
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| Edible plants / roots |
- Betel
- Fiddlehead ferns
- Heart of palm
- Mahuwa flowers
- Sago palm
- Sassafras
- Saw palmetto
- Wild ginseng
- Wild onions
- Bear garlic
- Canada onion
- Crow garlic
- Twincrest onion
- Pacific mountain onion
- Ramps
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| Mushrooms |
- Bare-toothed russula
- Bay bolete
- Birch bolete
- Cep
- Chanterelle
- Honey mushroom
- Lingzhi
- Matsutake
- Meadow mushroom
- Morel
- Oyster mushroom
- Parasol mushroom
- Red cap
- Saffron milk cap
- Slippery jack
- Truffle
- Yellow knight
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- Allanblackia
- Babassu
- Bacuri
- Candlenut
- Capuacu
- Carnauba
- Chaulmoogra (Hydnocarpus wightiana)
- Cocoa butter
- Eucalyptol
- Eucalyptus
- Illipe
- Japan wax
- Kokum
- Kombo
- Kpangnan
- Kusum
- Mafura
- Mahua
- Mango butter
- Murumuru
- Nagkesar
- Palm (kernel)
- Phulwara
- Pilu
- Pongamia
- Sal-seed (Shorea robusta)
- Sandalwood
- Shea butter
- Tamanu
- Tea-seed
- Tea-tree
- Tucuma
- Ucuuba
- Vateria indica
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| Resins | |
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| Sap / Gum / etc. | |
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| Other | |
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