Karaya gum is a dried exudation from the stems and branches of natural strains of: Sterculia urens Roxburgh and other species of Sterculia (family Sterculiaceae) or from Cochlospermum gossypium A.P.
Karaijakumi on Sterculia urens Roxburgh ja muiden Sterculia-lajien (fam. Sterculiaceae) tai Cochlospermum gossypium A. P. De Candolle tai muiden Cochlospermum-lajien (fam.