Gutta-percha is the purified coagulated exudate from the Palaquium gutta tree, commonly called the “mazer wood” tree, of the Burma and Malay archipelago.
gutta-percha has been used since the late 1950s in traditional US dentistry practice for gutta-percha points, otherwise known as GP points. It has since been produced in the US as a material compounded from balata, a nearly identical latex to gutta-percha. Balata is derived from the Mimusops Globsa tree of South America.