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Cipadessa baccifera
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Family:
MELIACEAE
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Citation: Cipadessa baccifera (Roth) Miq., Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. 4: 6. 1868; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 176(126). 1915; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 64. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 109. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 49. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 88. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 100. 1989; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 110. 1990; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 118. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 110. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 59. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 95. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 59. 1997; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 59. 1998; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 132. 1997; S.S. Jain & S.S.R. Bennet in Hajra et al., Fl. India 4: 482. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 59. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 62. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 56. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 118. 2005; N.C. Nair & N.P. Balakr. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 650. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 167. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 209. 2009.
Melia baccifera Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp. 215. 1821.
Cipadessa fruticosa Blume, Bijdr. 162. 1825; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 545. 1875.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kaipanarangi, Potti, Pulippanchedi
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Description:
Shrubs to 3 m tall; branchlets tomentose. Leaves odd-pinnate; leaflets 3-5 pairs, opposite, 3-7 x 2-3.5 cm, narrowly oblong to ovate, apex acuminate, base acute or rounded, margins irregularly dentate towards apex,; petiolule to 8 mm long. Panicles axillary, corymbose; peduncle to 7 cm long. Calyx-lobes c. 1 mm long, triangular, spreading, pubescent. Petals 3.5-4 mm long, ovate, cream or c. 3 mm long; stamens 10; anthers yellow. Ovary 5-6-angular, ovules 2 per cell; stigma turbinate. Drupe c. 5 mm across, globose, longitudinally grooved, reddish brown.
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Habit:
Shrub to Small Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-July
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous and semi-evergreen forests, also in the sacred groves
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
White
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Peechi, Poringal, Kattalappara, Chinnakurukku, Karimala, Thannikkudy, Ambari, Vengoli, Anavayee forests, Aruvanpara, Thannithode, Puthukulam, Baveli, Tirunalli, Tolpetty, Mundurapalai river side, Dhoni R. F., Mukkali forests, Thazhakkara, Karuvarakundu,
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