Cipadessa
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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.{{cite web | url=http://www.theplantlist.org/browse/A/Meliaceae/Cipadessa/ | title=Cipadessa — the Plant List}}{{cite journal |first1=N.R. |last1=Lersten |first2=R.W. |last2=Pohl |title=Extrafloral Nectaries in Cipadessa (Meliaceae), Annals of Botany |journal=Annals of Botany |volume=56 |issue=3 |date=September 1985 |pages=363–6 |doi=10.1093/oxfordjournals.aob.a087022 }}{{cite web | url=http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/31204 | title=Cipadessa baccifera (Roth) Miq}} It is a host plant for many moth species.{{cite web |url=http://www.lepcey.butterfliesandmoths.net/Vol_II_01/Vol_II_01_pdf/Vol_II_01_P_001%20Saturniidae%20of%20Sri%20Lanka.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-07-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160222021132/http://www.lepcey.butterfliesandmoths.net/Vol_II_01/Vol_II_01_pdf/Vol_II_01_P_001%20Saturniidae%20of%20Sri%20Lanka.pdf |archive-date=2016-02-22 |url-status=dead }}
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.{{cite web | url=http://www.biotik.org/india/species/c/cipabacc/cipabacc_en.html | title=Cipadessa baccifera - MELIACEAE}}{{cite web|url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242313003 |title=Cipadessa baccifera in Flora of China @ |publisher=Efloras.org |date= |accessdate=2022-05-01}}
Common names
- 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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- {{cite journal |journal=J. Nat. Prod. |year=2010 |volume=73 |issue=8 |pages=1327–31 |doi=10.1021/np900852d |pmid=20666364 |title=Limonoids from the Leaves of Cipadessa baccifera|last1=Ning |first1=Jing |last2=Di |first2=Ying-Tong |last3=Fang |first3=Xin |last4=He |first4=Hong-Pin |last5=Wang |first5=Yuan-Yuan |last6=Li |first6=Yan |last7=Li |first7=Shun-Lin |last8=Hao |first8=Xiao-Jiang }}
- {{cite journal |vauthors=Ning J, Di YT, Wang YY, He HP, Fang X, Li Y, Li SL, Hao XJ |title=Cytotoxic activity of trijugin-type limonoids from Cipadessa baccifera |journal=Planta Med. |volume=76 |issue=16 |pages=1907–10 |year=2010 |pmid=20509106 |doi=10.1055/s-0030-1249979 }}
- {{cite journal |vauthors=Luo XD, Wu SH, Ma YB, Wu DG |title=Components of Cipadessa baccifera |journal=Phytochemistry |volume=55 |issue=8 |pages=867–72 |year=2000 |pmid=11140516 |doi=10.1016/S0031-9422(00)00247-8 |bibcode=2000PChem..55..867L }}
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Category:Flora of tropical Asia
Category:Monotypic Sapindales genera
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