Garuga floribunda Decne.

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Burseraceae > Garuga

Characteristics

A small tree. It grows 8-12 m tall and spreads 5-10 m wide. The branches are thick and have scars left where the leaves have fallen. The leaves are crowded at the ends of branches. The leaves are 10-30 cm long and divided into leaflets along the central stalk. There are 14-16 leaflets and these are 4-8 cm long by 2-4 cm across. They are oval or sword shaped. They are leathery and dark green on the upper surface and paler underneath. They taper towards the tip and have unequal slanting sides at the base. Young leaves often have a reddish tinge. The flower branch is 20-30 cm across and occurs at the ends of small branches. They flowers are greenish white and hairy and 1 cm across. The fruit is fleshy with a woody shell around the seed inside. The fruit is about 2.5 cm across. It is oval and rough. The fruit is edible.
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See Garuga floribunda Decne. var. floribunda
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature width (meter) 5.0 - 10.0
Mature height (meter) 15.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

A tropical plant. It suits coastal regions in tropical places. It is very sensitive to cold. They need an open sunny position and well drained soil. It grows from sea level to 450 m altitude in Samoa. It is often in seasonally wet and dry regions. In XTBG Yunnan.
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Occurs in seasonal climates in primary and secondary, often periodically dry or very dry monsoon forest and thickets, and in lower montane rain forest. It is also found in coastal forest, teak forest.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

The fruit is eaten.
Uses animal food dye environmental use food fuel material medicinal social use wood
Edible fruits leaves
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Cultivation

They are grown from seed which should be sown while fresh. The seed germinate irregularly. To break the seed coat it may pay to scratch the seed then soak in water before sowing.
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Images

Leaf

Garuga floribunda leaf picture by Noel Dionson (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Garuga floribunda world distribution map, present in American Samoa, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Indonesia, India, Iceland, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Libya, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Thailand, Tonga, Vanuatu, and Samoa

Conservation status

Garuga floribunda threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:128051-1
WFO ID wfo-0000694779
COL ID 6JYJ4
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 673678
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Synonyms

Kunthia floribunda Kunthia mollis Garuga abilo Garuga clarkii Garuga floribunda Garuga pacifica Icica abilo Boswellia javanica Garuga pinnata var. mollis Bursera javanica Garuga littoralis Garuga mollis

Lower taxons

Garuga floribunda var. gamblei