Cipadessa

Cipadessa
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]

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

  1. ↑ http://www.theplantlist.org/browse/A/Meliaceae/Cipadessa/
  2. ↑ Lersten, N.R.; Pohl, R.W. (September 1985). "Extrafloral Nectaries in Cipadessa (Meliaceae), Annals of Botany". 56 (3): 363–6. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.aob.a087022.
  3. ↑ http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/31204
  4. ↑ http://www.lepcey.butterfliesandmoths.net/Vol_II_01/Vol_II_01_pdf/Vol_II_01_P_001%20Saturniidae%20of%20Sri%20Lanka.pdf
  5. ↑ http://www.biotik.org/india/species/c/cipabacc/cipabacc_en.html
  6. ↑ http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242313003
  7. ↑ http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Ranabili.html

  • "Limonoids from the Leaves of Cipadessa baccifera". J. Nat. Prod. 73 (8): 1327–31. 2010. doi:10.1021/np900852d.
  • 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. PMID 11140516.

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