Biology:Cipadessa

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Cipadessa
Cipadessa baccifera 05.JPG
Scientific classification edit
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

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

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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