Bridelia is a plant genus of 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. The genus Bridelia was named in the honor of Samuel Elisée Bridel-Brideri by the German botanist Carl Ludwig Willdenow. Species , Plants of the World Online accepted the following species: Bridelia adusta – Sarawak, Sabah Bridelia affinis – Yunnan, Hainan, Thailand Bridelia assamica – Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bangladesh Bridelia atroviridis – tropical Africa Bridelia balansae – Nansei-shoto, S China, Indochina, Taiwan Bridelia brideliifolia – E + C + SE Africa Bridelia cathartica – C + S Africa Bridelia cinnamomea – Andaman Is, S Thailand, Malaysia, W Indonesia Bridelia curtisii – Andaman & Nicobar, Indochina, Sumatra Bridelia duvigneaudii – C Africa Bridelia eranalis – Zaïre Bridelia erapensis – Papua New Guinea Bridelia exaltata – Queensland, New South Wales Bridelia ferruginea – tropical Africa Bridelia finalis – Queensland Bridelia fordii Hemsl. – S China to Hainan Bridelia glauca – S + SE + E Asia, Papuasia Bridelia grandis – W + C Africa Bridelia harmandii – Indochina Bridelia insulana – SE Asia, Papuasia, Queensland, Micronesia Bridelia leichhardtii – Queensland Bridelia macrocarpa – Maluku, New Guinea Bridelia micrantha – tropical – S Africa, Réunion Bridelia microphylla – Somalia Bridelia mollis – southern Africa Bridelia montana – India Bridelia moonii – Sri Lanka Bridelia ndellensis – C Africa Bridelia nicobarica – Nicobar Islands Bridelia oligantha – Papua New Guinea Bridelia ovata Decne. – Indo-China to W. Malesia Bridelia parvifolia – Hainan, Vietnam Bridelia pervilleana – Madagascar Bridelia pustulata – Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Philippines Bridelia retusa – S China, S + SE Asia Bridelia rhomboidalis – Madagascar Bridelia ripicola – C Africa Bridelia scleroneura – Yemen, tropical Africa Bridelia sikkimensis – Himalayas Bridelia somalensis – Somalia Bridelia speciosa – W Africa Bridelia stipularis – S + E + SE Asia Bridelia taitensis – Kenya Bridelia tenuifolia – Angola, Namibia Bridelia tomentosa – S + E + SE Asia, New Guinea, Australia Bridelia triplocarya – Papua New Guinea Bridelia tulasneana – Madagascar Bridelia verrucosa – NE India, Himalayas Bridelia whitmorei – Pahang Bridelia wilksii – Gabon Formerly included Moved to other genera (Aporosa, Cleistanthus, Damnacanthus, Phyllanthus, Scleropyrum). References Phyllanthaceae genera