Garuga pinnata

Garuga pinnata[1] is a deciduous tree species from the family Burseraceae.

Garuga pinnata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Burseraceae
Genus: Garuga
Species:
G. pinnata
Binomial name
Garuga pinnata
Synonyms

Kunthia pinnata Kuntze
Kunthia cochinensis Dennst.
Garuga pharhad Buch.-Ham.
Garuga kenghar Buch.-Ham.

It occurs in Asia: from the Indian sub-continent, southern China and Indo-China; in Vietnam it may be called dầu heo. No subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life.[2]

Description and ecology
  • Flowers
  • Fruit
  • Bark

Plant galls may occur on G. pinnata caused by Phacopteron lentiginosum (Psylloidea: Phacopteronidae), whose populations may be regulated by parasitoids.[3]

References
  1. Roxburgh W (1819) In: Hort. Bengal 33; Pl. Corom. iii. 5. t. 208; Fl. Ind. ii. 400.
  2. Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2014). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  3. Singh, Sudhir; Singh, Karan Pal (20 May 2011). "Description of two new species of Psyllaephagus Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) parasitizing Phacopteron lentiginosum Buckton (Hemiptera: Psyllidae), a leaf gall-former of Garuga pinnata Roxburgh (Burseraceae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2885: 33–43. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2885.1.4. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
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