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2 unusual facts about Taraxacum kok-saghyz


Taraxacum kok-saghyz

Taraxacum kok-saghyz was cultivated on a large scale in the Soviet Union between 1931 and 1950, as well as in the United States, the UK, Germany, Sweden and Spain during World War II as an emergency source of rubber when supplies of rubber from Hevea brasiliensis in Southeast Asia were threatened.

There has been a resurgence of attention on T. kok-saghyz due to shortcomings of the Hevea brasiliensis rubber supply.



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