Bridelia

Taxobox
name = "Bridelia"

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image_size = 280px
image_caption = "Bridelia retusa"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Malpighiales
familia = Phyllanthaceae
tribus = Bridelieae
genus = "Bridelia"
genus_authority = Willd.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =

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"Bridelia" is a plant genus of the family Phyllanthaceae. This genus comprises approximately between 60 and 70 species, found from Africa to Asia.

"Bridelia" species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including "Endoclita malabaricus".

ynonymy

The genus is also known as:
*"Candelabria" Hochst.
*"Gentilia" A.Chev. & Beille
*"Pentameria" Klotzsch ex Baill.
*"Tzellemtinia" Chiov.

pecies include:

*"Bridelia adusta"
*"Bridelia balansae"
*"Bridelia cathartica"
*"Bridelia cinnamomea"
*"Bridelia ferruginea"
*"Bridelia fordii"
*"Bridelia kurzii"
*"Bridelia micrantha"
*"Bridelia monoica"
*"Bridelia montana"
*"Bridelia moonii"
*"Bridelia oligantha"
*"Bridelia retusa"
*"Bridelia stipularis"
*"Bridelia tenuifolia"
*"Bridelia whitmorei"