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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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