Bridelia
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Bridelia retusa
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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.
[edit] Synonymy
The genus is also known as:
[edit] Species 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