Manipur Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Manipur (India)
Designed & Developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Burseraceae | Genus: Garuga | Species: Garuga pinnata Roxb. |
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| Synonym | Garuga pharhad Buch.-Ham. |
Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Garuga, Kharpat | Flower Type | Panicle |
| English / Trade Name | Garuga | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | - | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | Up to 2000 m | Fruit Type | Drupe |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit greenish-yellow, oblong or irregularly globose, horned; pyrenes 2 or 3; seed one, with a membranous wing |
| Habitat | Occurs in moist deciduous forests, also in the plains | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | Indo-Malesia | Bark Details | Bark pealing off in flakes toothed margin, softly hairy when young, ultimately smooth |
| Distribution in manipur | Origin | Native | |
| Leaf Type | Compound | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Oblong | ||
| Description of Species | Deciduous trees, to 25 m high, bark grey or brown, shallowly longitudinally furrowed, exfoliating in large irregular flakes; blaze orange-red | Leaf Details | Leaves imparipinnate, alternate, crowded at the tips of branchlets; stipules 5 mm, falcate; rachis 15-30 cm long, pubescent; leaflets 11-21, opposite, petiolule 1-2 mm, slender, pubescent; lamina 2.8-14.8 x 1.5-6 cm |
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