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Bridelia
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Bridelia

Bridelia is a genus of plants in the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1806. It is widespread across Africa, Australia, southern Asia, and various islands of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

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

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44 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Pop-gun Seed

speciesBridelia tomentosa

Bridelia balansae

speciesBridelia balansae

Coastal Goldenleaf

speciesBridelia micrantha

Spinous Kino Tree

speciesBridelia retusa

Leichardt's Ironbark

speciesBridelia leichhardtii

Velvet-Leaved Bridelia

speciesBridelia mollis

brush ironbark

speciesBridelia exaltata

knobbly sweetberry

speciesBridelia cathartica

Climbing Bridelia

speciesBridelia stipularis

Bridelia insulana

speciesBridelia insulana

Bridelia montana

speciesBridelia montana

Bridelia pervilleana

speciesBridelia pervilleana

Bridelia ferruginea

speciesBridelia ferruginea

Bridelia ovata

speciesBridelia ovata

Bridelia tulasneana

speciesBridelia tulasneana

Bridelia duvigneaudii

speciesBridelia duvigneaudii

Bridelia glauca

speciesBridelia glauca

Bridelia moonii

speciesBridelia moonii

Bridelia sikkimensis

speciesBridelia sikkimensis

Bridelia atroviridis

speciesBridelia atroviridis

Bridelia verrucosa

speciesBridelia verrucosa

Bridelia scleroneura

speciesBridelia scleroneura

Bridelia pustulata

speciesBridelia pustulata

Bridelia cinnamomea

speciesBridelia cinnamomea

Bridelia grandis

speciesBridelia grandis

Bridelia ripicola

speciesBridelia ripicola

Bridelia harmandii

speciesBridelia harmandii

Bridelia brideliifolia

speciesBridelia brideliifolia

Bridelia whitmorei

speciesBridelia whitmorei

Bridelia ndellensis

speciesBridelia ndellensis

Bridelia tenuifolia

speciesBridelia tenuifolia

Bridelia erapensis

speciesBridelia erapensis

Bridelia oligantha

speciesBridelia oligantha

Bridelia triplocarya

speciesBridelia triplocarya

Bridelia eranalis

speciesBridelia eranalis

Bridelia finalis

speciesBridelia finalis

Bridelia microphylla

speciesBridelia microphylla

Bridelia nicobarica

speciesBridelia nicobarica

Bridelia rhomboidalis

speciesBridelia rhomboidalis

Bridelia somalensis

speciesBridelia somalensis

Bridelia adusta

speciesBridelia adusta

Bridelia taitensis

speciesBridelia taitensis

Bridelia macrocarpa

speciesBridelia macrocarpa

Bridelia alnifolia

speciesBridelia alnifolia

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 132933.