Scientific Name: Garuga pinnata Roxb.
Family: Burseraceae
Synonym: Garuga kenghar Buch.-Ham., Garuga pharhad Buch.-Ham.
Vernacular name: Annakkara, Eechakkara, Kattukalasam, Kattunelli, Kosramba
Habit: Tree
Habitat: Moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
Distribution: Indo-Malesia
Flowering and Fruiting: January-August
Key identification features: Deciduous trees; bark grey or brown, shallowly furrowed. Leaves crowded at branchlet tips. Flowers yellow, in axillary panicles; calyx tomentose; petals thickened and inflexed. Fruit a drupe, greenish-yellow, horned; seed one, with a membranous wing.
Tribal Consumers: Adiya
Uses: Garuga pinnata is used in traditional medicine for its anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties to treat various ailments, including fevers and respiratory issues.
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