Identification Symptoms
- The disease is characterized by
the presence of profuse oozing of gum on the surface of the affected wood,
bark of the trunk and also on larger braches but more common on the
cracked branches.
- In severe cases, droplets of
gum trickle down on stem, bark turn dark brown with longitudinal cracks,
rots completely and the tree dries up because of cracking, rotting and
girdling effects