Burseraceae FAMILY

Garuga floribunda

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

1/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Garuga floribunda is a large, deciduous, canopy tree growing from 8 - 36 metres tall[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. The buttressed bole is cylindrical, 50 - 90cm in diameter, and unbranched for 20 - 25 metres[ 388 Title Guide to the Trees of Papua New Guinea Publication Author Conn. B.J. & Damas. K.Q. Website http://www.pngplants.org/PNGtrees/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An Internet site giving good descriptions of the trees of Papua New Guinea. ]. The tree is valued mainly for its timber, though it also produces an edible fruit, a dye and is used medicinally.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - southern China, Bhutan, Bangladesh, India, through southeast Asia to the Pacific Islands.

HabitatOccurs in seasonal climates in primary and secondary, often periodically dry or very dry monsoon forest and thickets, and in lower montane rain forest[ 303 Title World Agroforesty Centre Publication Author Website http://www.worldagroforestry.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online database of a huge range of trees giving very good information on each plant - its uses, ecology, identity, propagation, pests etc. ]. It is also found in coastal forest, teak forest[ 303 Title World Agroforesty Centre Publication Author Website http://www.worldagroforestry.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online database of a huge range of trees giving very good information on each plant - its uses, ecology, identity, propagation, pests etc. ].