Vasilis Teodoridis:
Burseraceae | Garuga
4. Garuga pinnata Roxburgh; Pl. Coromandel. 3: 5. 1819.
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Trees 4-10 m tall; bark gray-brown; rough. Branchlets glabrous except very young parts; with conspicuous lenticels and leaf scars. Leaves with 9-23 leaflets; rachis and leaflets pubescent with long hairs; especially when young and on veins; petiolules absent to 4 mm; terminal petiolule 5-10 mm; lowest leaflet blades stipulelike; spoon-shaped or linear; 5-10 mm; early deciduous; middle blades elliptic; oblong; or lanceolate; 5-11 x 2-3 cm; base rounded; sometimes obliquely cuneate; margin sparsely serrate; apex usually narrowly acuminate; lateral veins 10-15 pairs. Panicles lateral or axillary; 7.5-19(-22) cm; densely pubescent with long hairs when young; peduncle 2-6 cm. Flowers white; yellowish white; or greenish yellow; 7-10 mm; pedicel 1-3 mm; long pubescent. Sepals deltoid; 2.5-3.5(-4) mm; pubescent on both surfaces. Petals oblong; 5-5.5 x 1.5-2 mm; pubescent with short somewhat curved hairs. Stamens slightly unequal; filaments with long hairs at base; disk lobes trapeziform or deltoid. Ovary oblong; with short stipe; sparsely pilose; especially when young; style pilose; stigma shallowly 5-lobed. Fruit globose; yellow when ripe; 11-15(-18) x (9-)11-18 mm; sometimes pubescent. Fl. Mar-Apr; fr. Apr-Oct.
Mixed forests; sparse mountain forests; valley scrub; 400-1400 m. SW Guangxi (Longzhou); Sichuan (Leibo); S and SE Yunnan (Funing; Xishuangbanna) [Bangladesh; Cambodia; India; Laos; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam].