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Genus Bridelia Family Phyllanthaceae

Synonyms: Briedelia orth. var. APNI*

Description: Shrubs or trees, monoecious.

Leaves alternate, entire, fine veins prominent on both surfaces; petiolate; stipules small.

Flowers solitary or in small axillary clusters, sessile or shortly pedunculate; males and females in same cluster or in separate ones. Sepals 5. Petals 5. Male flowers with 5 stamens fused to a central column topped by a sterile style. Female flowers with a 2-locular ovary; ovules 2 in each loculus.

Fruit drupaceous.


Distribution and occurrence: World: 60 species, Africa, Asia, Malesia, Australia. Australia: 4 species, Qld, N.S.W., N.T., W.A., chiefly tropical

Bridelia was formerly placed in Euphorbiaceae.

Text by T.A. James & G.J. Harden, Flora of New South Wales Vol. 1: 393 (1990), in Euphorbiaceae
Taxon concept: Australian Plant Census (accessed May 2017)

One species in NSW: Bridelia exaltata

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