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Tajikistan

Tajikistan is the most mountainous country in Central Asia – mountains cover more than 90% of its area, and half of its territory lies above 3,000 m. In the warm valleys of the south and in the Fergana Valley, cotton, apricots and grapevines are grown, walnut, pistachio and juniper forests grow on the slopes, and the harsh Pamirs are covered in high-mountain steppes and deserts.

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where it grows

  1. Apricot 1

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    Apricot

    Prunus armeniaca

    In spring Tajikistan’s valleys are awash with pink apricot blossom, and dried apricots from Isfara are famous throughout Central Asia.
  2. Upland cotton 2

    crop · Cotton branches on the national emblem of Tajikistan

    Upland cotton

    Gossypium hirsutum

    Cotton takes up much of Tajikistan’s irrigated farmland, and its branches, together with ears of wheat, adorn the national emblem.
  3. Foxtail lily 3

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    Foxtail lily

    Eremurus robustus

    Foxtail lily spikes shoot up to 3 metres high – in May Tajikistan’s mountain slopes look like a forest of pink candles.
  4. Common walnut 4

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    Common walnut

    Juglans regia

    Ancient walnut trees with hollow trunks have grown in Tajikistan’s mountain gorges for hundreds of years, shading entire villages.
  5. Pistachio 5

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    Pistachio

    Pistacia vera

    Wild pistachio forests grow on the dry hills of southern Tajikistan – among the few of their kind in the world.