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Scorzonera tau-saghyz
Takhtajaniantha tau-saghyz is a wild daisy-family herb from the mountains of Central Asia, grown mainly for the latex in its thick roots, which can be made into natural rubber. Its root latex is the main reason it has been cultivated.
Takhtajaniantha tau-saghyz is a species of plant in the family Asteraceae.
It is endemic to Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and the Karatau Mountains of Kazakhstan in Central Asia.
Takhtajaniantha tau-saghyz is of interest as a source of latex suitable for making natural rubber, with latex (in old specimens on averaging 20%) contained in large roots and underground stems extending from them. The Soviet Union cultivated this species, together with Taraxacum hybernum and Taraxacum kok-saghyz, on a large scale between 1931 and 1950—notably during World War II—as an emergency source of rubber when supplies of rubber from Hevea brasiliensis in Southeast Asia were threatened.
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