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Bridelia

 

Trees in a genus of the family Euphorbiaceae. Can cause cyanide poisoning. Includes B. ovata, B. exalta, B. leichhardtii (scrub ironbark).

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Bridelia
Bridelia retusa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Tribe: Bridelieae
Genus: Bridelia
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Species

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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.

Synonymy

The genus is also known as:

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



 
 
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