Cipadessa

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Sapindales

Familia: Meliaceae
Subfamilia: Melioideae
Tribus: Trichilieae
Genus: Cipadessa
Species: C. baccifera – C. boiviniana – C. borneensis – C. cinerascens – C. depauperata – C. fruticosa – C. sinensis – C. subscandens – C. warburgii
Name

Cipadessa Blume
References

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Cipadessa. .

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

"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.
"Cipadessa baccifera - MELIACEAE".
http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242313003

"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.