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Abstract : Tree gums such as gum arabic (GA), gum karaya (GK), and kondagogu gum (KG) are obtained as natural exudates and exhibit unique properties with a wide variety of applications in food, pharmaceutical, adhesive, paper, textile, beverage and other industries. A series of poly(vinyl alcohol) /gums (GA, GK and KG) blend nano fibres with different weight ratio of PVA/Gums were fabricated via electrospinning. Various parameters, such as effects of solvents, molecular weight, and solution properties on the electrospinning, were investigated. The mass ratios of 90:10 for PVA/Gums were established to be the optimum conditions for uniform nanofibre formation. The developed nanofibres were evaluated for the removal of micropollutants from water.