Scorzonera_tau-saghyz

<i>Takhtajaniantha tau-saghyz</i>

Takhtajaniantha tau-saghyz

Species of flowering plant from central Asia

Takhtajaniantha tau-saghyz is a species of plant in the family Asteraceae.[1][2]

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It is endemic to Tajikistan, Uzbekistan[3] and the Karatau Mountains of Kazakhstan[4] in Central Asia.

Uses

Takhtajaniantha tau-saghyz is of interest as a source of latex suitable for making natural rubber,[5][6] with latex (in old specimens on average 20%) contained in large roots and underground stems extending from them.[4] 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.

References

  1. [1]
    Scorzonera tau-saghyz at the International Plant Names Index.
  2. [2]
    Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR; 1934-1964 (USSR).
  3. [3]
    "National Gene Bank of Tunisia: Scorzonera tau-saghyz report". GRIN.gov.
  4. [4]
    Gaister, Aron (1934). "ТАУ-САГЫЗ". Сельскохозяйственный словарь-справочник (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-04-09 – via Словари и энциклопедии на Академике.
  5. [5]
    Bonner, James, and Arthur W. Galston. The physiology and biochemistry of rubber formation in plants. December 1947, 13(10):543-596. The Botanical Review.
  6. [6]
    Buranov, Anvar U., and Burkhon J. Elmuradov. Extraction and Characterization of Latex and Natural Rubber from Rubber-Bearing Plants. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2010 58(2):734-743.


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