The rubber tree Hevea brasiliensis has a chequered and little-understood social history underlying its status as one of the world's most useful plants. Anthropological insight into its history can help to tackle the challenges rubber production will face in the future.
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Dove, M. Ethnogenomics: The societies that rubber built. Nature Plants 2, 16083 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nplants.2016.83
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