Garuga forrestii W.W.Sm.

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Burseraceae > Garuga

Characteristics

Trees, 10-15(-20) m tall. Branchlets densely pubescent when young, glabrescent, purple-brown, longitudinally striped and conspicuously lenticellate. Leaflets 11-19, nearly without petiolules; blades lanceolate or elliptic-oblong, densely pubescent when young, glabrescent, base rounded or broadly cuneate, margin shallowly serrate, apex acuminate, lowest pairs small, ca. 1 cm, often early deciduous, middle pairs 7-12 × 2-4 cm, with lateral veins 10-16 pairs, terminal leaflet 5-7 cm, with petiolule ca. 15 mm. Panicles 14-25(-35) cm, axillary or lateral, usually crowded toward ends of branchlets, multibranched; rachis and branches slender, densely tomentose. Flowers white, ca. 3 mm; receptacle cup-shaped, abaxially tomentose. Sepals nearly subulate, ca. 2 mm, hairy on both surfaces. Petals ovate, ca. 3 mm, abaxially tomentose. Stamens nearly equal. Ovary sessile, globose; style sparsely pubescent; stigma shallowly 5-lobed. Infructescence with many linear pedicels without fruits. Drupe nearly ovoid, one side dilated, 7-10 × 6-8 mm, ± obtusely deltoid in cross section, attenuate at both ends, apex with a point, base with persistent shallowly cupular calyx. Fl. Apr, fr. May-Nov.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 10.0 - 15.0
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

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Distribution

Garuga forrestii world distribution map, present in China

Conservation status

Garuga forrestii threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:128052-1
WFO ID wfo-0000694783
COL ID 6JYJ3
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Synonyms

Garuga forrestii Garuga yunnanensis