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Cipadessa

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Cipadessa
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Meliaceae
Subfamily: Melioideae
Genus: Cipadessa
Blume
Species:
C. baccifera
Binomial name
Cipadessa baccifera
(Roth) Miq.

Cipadessa is a genus of plants belonging to the family Meliaceae. Cipadessa is monotypic, with the single species Cipadessa baccifera. The species is endemic to Western Ghats of India and Sri Lanka.[1][2][3] It is a host plant for many moth species.[4]

Habitat
Fruit

Description

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It is a small shrub with only 5m tall. Leaves compound, imparipinnate; lamina elliptic, apex acute to acuminate; base acute, cuneate or attenuate with entire margin. Flowers are white colored and show axillary panicles inflorescence. Fruit is a globose drupe with 5 pyrenes.[5][6]

Common names

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Source:[7]

  • Hindi — Nalbila
  • Marathi — Ranabili, Gudmai
  • Tamil — Puilipan cheddi, Savattuchedi,
  • Malayalam — Kaipanarangi, Potti, Pulippanchedi
  • Kannada — Narsullu, Chitunde, Bettada Bevu, Karbe, Sidigolii, Chitunde, Adusoge
  • Urdu — Ranabili
  • Sinhala — Halbemiya (හල්බැමිය)

References

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  1. ^ "Cipadessa — the Plant List".
  2. ^ Lersten, N.R.; Pohl, R.W. (September 1985). "Extrafloral Nectaries in Cipadessa (Meliaceae), Annals of Botany". Annals of Botany. 56 (3): 363–6. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.aob.a087022.
  3. ^ "Cipadessa baccifera (Roth) Miq".
  4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-22. Retrieved 2015-07-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "Cipadessa baccifera - MELIACEAE".
  6. ^ "Cipadessa baccifera in Flora of China @". Efloras.org. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
  7. ^ "Cipadessa baccifera - Ranabili".

Data related to Cipadessa at Wikispecies