Unknown halesia-petiole-swelling

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Unknown | Genus: Unknown
Detachable: integral
Color: green
Texture: hairless
Abundance:
Shape: globular
Season: Summer, Fall
Related:
Alignment: integral
Walls:
Location: petiole, upper leaf, lower leaf, leaf midrib, between leaf veins
Form: abrupt swelling
Cells:
Possible Range:i
Common Name(s):
Synonymy:

Gallformers ID Notes

A green, hairless, globular petiole swelling on an undetermined Halesia species. Observed in Florida in July. A similar gall was observed in October adjacent to the midrib.

- Gallformers Contributors: (2024) Gallformers ID Notes©


Further Information:
Author(s)
Year
Title
License
Gallformers Contributors
2024
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Unless noted otherwise in the ID Notes, observations of this gall are collected in the Observation Field Gallformers Code with value halesia-petiole-swelling on iNaturalist. You can view them here:
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