Herbarium JCB

Garuga pinnata Roxb.

Family : BURSERACEAE
Family (As per The Plant List) : Burseraceae
Species : Garuga pinnata
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Garuga pinnata Roxb.
Common name : Grey Downy Balsam Tree
Vernacular name : Krishnamlika, Golika (San.); Khogar, Kharpat, Kaikar (Hin.); Halabalage, Goddana mara (Kan.)
Collection Nos : KFP 11986, KFP 14339, CJS 7886
Key identification features : A fairly tall deciduous tree. Leaves grow close, crowded at the ends of the branches. They are pinnately compound with a terminal leaflet at the tip. The leaflets are ovate-lanceolate and toothed. Inflorescences are clustered at the end of branches. Flowers are in panicles, 1-1.2 cm long and 0.6-0.8 cm across, bell-shaped. Stamens 10, with hairy filaments. Fruits resemble small grapes and are sometimes borne in great profusion becoming very conspicuous when the leaves fall. Some of the leaves turn orange or brilliant-crimson in rainy season. Fruits are edible, eaten raw, cooked or pickled.
Habit : Tree
Native : Asia
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Belgaum, Bellary, Chikamagalur, Chitradurga, Dakshina Kannada, Davanagere, Hassan, Kodagu, Mysore, Shimoga, Tumkur, Uttara Kannada
Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Saldanha, 1996; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere