Cipadessa
Cipadessa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Rosids |
Order: | Sapindales |
Family: | Meliaceae |
Genus: | Cipadessa Blume |
Species: | C. baccifera |
Binomial name | |
Cipadessa baccifera (Roth) Miq. | |
Cipadessa is a genus belonging to the Mahogany 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]
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
- ↑ http://www.theplantlist.org/browse/A/Meliaceae/Cipadessa/
- ↑ http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/content/56/3/363.abstract
- ↑ http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/31204
- ↑ http://www.lepcey.butterfliesandmoths.net/Vol_II_01/Vol_II_01_pdf/Vol_II_01_P_001%20Saturniidae%20of%20Sri%20Lanka.pdf
- ↑ http://www.biotik.org/india/species/c/cipabacc/cipabacc_en.html
- ↑ http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242313003
- ↑ http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Ranabili.html
- Limonoids from the Leaves of Cipadessa baccifera
- Cytotoxic activity of trijugin-type limonoids from Cipadessa baccifera
- Components of Cipadessa baccifera
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