Cipadessa Explained

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]

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cipadessa — the Plant List.
  2. N.R. . Lersten . R.W. . Pohl . Extrafloral Nectaries in Cipadessa (Meliaceae), Annals of Botany . Annals of Botany . 56 . 3 . September 1985 . 363–6 . 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aob.a087022 .
  3. Web site: Cipadessa baccifera (Roth) Miq.
  4. Web site: Archived copy . 2015-07-13 . 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 . 2016-02-22 . dead .
  5. Web site: Cipadessa baccifera - MELIACEAE.
  6. Web site: Cipadessa baccifera in Flora of China @ . Efloras.org . 2022-05-01.
  7. Web site: Cipadessa baccifera - Ranabili.