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]
| Cipadessa | |
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Scientific classification 
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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
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| Binomial name | |
| Cipadessa baccifera (Roth) Miq.
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Description edit
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 edit
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 edit
- ^ "Cipadessa — the Plant List".
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Cipadessa baccifera (Roth) Miq".
- ^ "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) - ^ "Cipadessa baccifera - MELIACEAE".
- ^ "Cipadessa baccifera in Flora of China @". Efloras.org. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
- ^ "Cipadessa baccifera - Ranabili".
- Ning, Jing; Di, Ying-Tong; Fang, Xin; He, Hong-Pin; Wang, Yuan-Yuan; Li, Yan; Li, Shun-Lin; Hao, Xiao-Jiang (2010). "Limonoids from the Leaves of Cipadessa baccifera". J. Nat. Prod. 73 (8): 1327–31. doi:10.1021/np900852d. PMID 20666364.
- Ning J, Di YT, Wang YY, He HP, Fang X, Li Y, Li SL, Hao XJ (2010). "Cytotoxic activity of trijugin-type limonoids from Cipadessa baccifera". Planta Med. 76 (16): 1907–10. doi:10.1055/s-0030-1249979. PMID 20509106.
- Luo XD, Wu SH, Ma YB, Wu DG (2000). "Components of Cipadessa baccifera". Phytochemistry. 55 (8): 867–72. doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(00)00247-8. PMID 11140516.
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