Garuga pinnata is a deciduous tree species from the family Burseraceae. It occurs in Asia: from the Indian sub-continent, southern China and Indo-China; in Vietnam it may be called dầu heo. No subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life. Plant galls may occur on G. pinnata caused by Phacopteron lentiginosum (Psylloidea: Phacopteronidae), whose populations may be regulated by parasitoids.