Cipadessa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

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References

  1. ^ "Cipadessa — the Plant List".
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Cipadessa baccifera (Roth) Miq".
  4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-22. Retrieved 2015-07-13.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "Cipadessa baccifera - MELIACEAE".
  6. ^ "Cipadessa baccifera in Flora of China @". Efloras.org. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
  7. ^ "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.

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