''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 Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

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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

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Common names

Source: *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

* * * Meliaceae Meliaceae genera Flora of China Flora of tropical Asia Monotypic Sapindales genera {{Meliaceae-stub