Food Plants International - Plant Fact Sheets Cipadessa baccifera
Edible: Leaves, Fruit
A shrub. It grows to 1-5 m high. The leaflets along the stalk end with a leaflet at the end. The leaflets have short stalks. Leaflets are hairy on the upper surface. The flowers are small and green. They occur in the axils of leaves. The fruit are purple to black when ripe. They are round and 4-5 mm across.
A tropical and subtropical plant. In Nepal, plants grow 250-1700 m altitude. They grow in open places. In southern China it grows between 200-2,100 m above sea level. In XTBG Yunnan.
Common Names: Indian neem, Adusoge, Asare, Bugaino, Kaipanarangi, Nim india, Pittamari Pohon cipadesa, Pohon ranabili, Potti, Pullipancheddi, Savattu chedi, Sidigolii
Synonyms:
Melia baccifera Roth.;
Cipadessa cinerascens (Pellegr.) Hand.-Mazz.;
Cipadessa fruticosa Blume;
and others