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Family: Burseraceae	Genus: Garuga	Species: Garuga pinnata Roxb.( खरपत )

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Garuga kenghar Buch.-Ham., Garuga pharhad Buch.-Ham., Kunthia cochinensis Dennst.	Flower Color	White
Common Name	Kaikar, kharpat	Flower Type	Panicle
English / Trade Name	Garuga	Flowering Period	April-June
Vernacular /Local Name	Kharpat	Fruiting Period	July-Sept
Altitude	Up to 1500 m	Fruit Type	Drupe
Habit	Tree	Fruit Details	Drupe globose, smooth, greenish – yellow to black, about 2.5 cm across; pyrenes 2 – 3.
Habitat	Common; dry deciduous forests of outer hills. Sub Himalayan tracts, Garhwal to Bhutan, S. India; Indomalaysia.	Bark Type	Exfoliating
Distribution	Native of India, Pakistan, Malaya and Philippines.	Bark Details	Bark grey or brown, shallowly longitudinally furrowed, exfoliating in large irregular flakes
Distribution in Haryana	Ambala, Morni-Pinjore, Yamuna Nagar	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Compound
		Leaf Arrangement	Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Pinnate
Description of Species	Deciduous trees, to 20 m high. Leaves alternate, 15 – 40 cm long, estipules, imparipinnate, crowded towards the end of branches; leaflets ovate or oblong – lanceolate, 11 – 21 x 8 – 13 cm, crenate, long acuminate, oblique, more or less pubescent on both surfaces; petiolules 3 – 4 mm long. Flowers 6 – 7 mm long, yellow, in axillary tomentose panicles, 12 – 30 cm long, crowded towards the end of shoots. Drupe globose, smooth, greenish – yellow to black, about 2.5 cm across; pyrenes 2 – 3.	Leaf Details	Leaves alternate, 15 – 40 cm long, estipules, imparipinnate, crowded towards the end of branches; leaflets ovate or oblong – lanceolate, 11 – 21 x 8 – 13 cm, crenate, long acuminate, oblique, more or less pubescent on both surfaces; petiolules 3 – 4 mm long.

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