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

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References

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