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 Roxb.
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

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  Flowers
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  Fruit
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  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.

External links

• Media related to Garuga pinnata at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Garuga pinnata at Wikispecies