About Oriental Purpleberry
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. It is a host plant for many moth species.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Cipadessa baccifera
- Genus
- Cipadessa
- Family
- MELIACEAE
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Scrub, deciduous, moist deciduous, semi-Evergreen forests, also in the sacred groves
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Java, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand to Vietnam, Mayasia
- Flowering & fruiting
- March-November
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- Nalbila
- Tamil
- Puilipan cheddi
- Kannada
- Narsullu, ಸಿತ್ತುಂಡೆ Sittunde, ಚೇಡುಬೀರ Chedubeera
- Malayalam
- Kaipanarangi, Potti, Pulippanchedi
- Marathi
- Ranabili, Gudmai, गुदमाई
Botanical family
Meliaceae
Mahogany/Neem family
Oriental Purpleberry belongs to the Meliaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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