GARUGA PINNATA. (Nat. ord. Burseraceje.) 



GaRUGA. JRoxb.— GEN. CHAR, Flowers polygamous. Calyx campanulate, 5-lobed, valvate. Petals 5, inserted above tLe middle of the 

 calyx-tube, induplicate-vatvate. Disk thin, lining the calyx-tube. Stamens 10, inserted with the petals. Ovary i or 5-celled ; styles elongated ; ovules 

 2 in each cell. Drupe iudehiscent, with 5 or fewer bony nuts, rugose outside. Seeds solitary in each nut ; cotyledons folded. Trees, leaves pinnate. 

 Flowers rather large for the order, in terminal panicles. 



Gj-ARUGA PINNATA. (Eoxb.) A large tree, leaves unequally pinnate, 8 inches to 3 feet long, leaflets very shortly petiol- 

 ed, generally about 7-9 pairs with an odd oue, elliptic-oblong very unequal at the base with an acumination at the apes, crenate-ser- 

 rate, 2-4 inches long by l-l-£ broad, more or less villous on both sides or nearly glabrous, panicles terminal many flowered puberulous 

 or mealy, flowers 2-3 lines in diameter yellowish white, disk lining the calyx tube for more than half its length and closely adhering 

 to it, crowned with 10 gland-like rounded teeth at its apex each alternate with one of the stamens, filaments hairy, anthers versatile, 

 ovary sessile hairy, styles hairy combined into one elongate about as long as the petals, stigmas 5, drupe globose fleshy about the size 

 of a gooseberry with 1-5 bony nuts. Roxb. Fl. hid. ii. 400. 



A very common tree in almost every dry jungle and forest in the Madras Presidency, also in Bombay and Bengal, but absent from 

 Ceylon ; the leaves are deaiduov,s in the cold weather and appear With the flowers early in the hot season ; the fruit is eaten by the natives both raw 

 and pickled. The tree is called Koorak in the Bombay Presidency, and Khar-pat in Bengal ; the timber is I believe, inferior, but is in use with the 

 natives, and rather prized in some parts. The bark is collected by tanners, and the leaves are used as fodder. The Teligu -name is Garugu, and 

 the Tamil Karre Vembu. 



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