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Garuga (native East Indian name). Burseraceae. This includes a deciduous East Indian tree, reaching 60 feet, and cultivated in southern Florida and California for its fruits, which are the size of a gooseberry, and are eaten raw, but chiefly pickled.
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Tomentose or hairy plants: lvs. crowded at tips of branches, alternate, odd-pinnate; lfts. opposite, sub- sessile, serrate: fls. polygamous, large, panicled; calyx bell-shaped, 5-cut; petals 5, inserted on the tube of the calyx above the middle; stamens 10; ovary 4-5-celled; ovules in pairs: drupe with 5, or by abortion 1-3, stones, which are wrinkled and finally 1-seeded.—Species perhaps a dozen in India and Pacific islands to Austral.
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Latest revision as of 10:48, 3 September 2009


Read about Garuga in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Garuga (native East Indian name). Burseraceae. This includes a deciduous East Indian tree, reaching 60 feet, and cultivated in southern Florida and California for its fruits, which are the size of a gooseberry, and are eaten raw, but chiefly pickled.

Tomentose or hairy plants: lvs. crowded at tips of branches, alternate, odd-pinnate; lfts. opposite, sub- sessile, serrate: fls. polygamous, large, panicled; calyx bell-shaped, 5-cut; petals 5, inserted on the tube of the calyx above the middle; stamens 10; ovary 4-5-celled; ovules in pairs: drupe with 5, or by abortion 1-3, stones, which are wrinkled and finally 1-seeded.—Species perhaps a dozen in India and Pacific islands to Austral.


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Garuga
Plant Info
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Sapindales
Family: Burseraceae
Genus: Garuga
Roxb.

Species
See text

Garuga is a genus of shrubs and trees in the family Burseraceae (the Incense or Torchwood Family). Members are found in Asia and America.

Species
  • Garuga amorphoides
  • Garuga clarkii Merrill
  • Garuga floribunda Decne (Garuga; syn. G. abilo, G. gamblei, G. littoralis, G. pacifica) insular SE Asia and Australia.
  • Garuga forrestii W.W.Smith
  • Garuga gigantea Engl.
  • Garuga guianensis Sagot
  • Garuga javanica
  • Garuga kenghar
  • Garuga khamar
  • Garuga madagascariensis DC.
  • Garuga mollis
  • Garuga pharhad
  • Garuga pierrei
  • Garuga pilmata
  • Garuga pinnata Roxb.
  • Garuga schomburgkiana Benth.
  • Garuga spruceana Benth.
  • Garuga yunnanensis Hu

External links

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