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In 1776, Chinese tallow is believed to have arrived in the US; once eyed for a soap industry, it now infests over 234,000 acres in southeast Texas

Hindustan Times - World · 10 October 2026 at 9:30 am

In 1776, Chinese tallow is believed to have arrived in the US; once eyed for a soap industry, it now infests over 234,000 acres in southeast Texas

Chinese tallow came to the US centuries ago and was promoted as a soap crop.

Today it infests over 234,000 acres in southeast Texas and is hard to remove.

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