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. 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:

Formerly included

Moved to other genera (Aporosa, Cleistanthus, Damnacanthus, Phyllanthus, Scleropyrum). • # B. acuminata - Phyllanthus triandrus • # B. attenuata - Cleistanthus oblongifolius • # B. buxifolia - Cleistanthus stipitatus • # B. chartacea - Cleistanthus oblongifolius • # B. collina - Cleistanthus collinus • # B. diversifolia - Cleistanthus diversifolius • # B. heterantha - Phyllanthus glomerulatus • # B. horrida - Scleropyrum pentandrum • # B. laurina - Cleistanthus stipitatus • # B. loureiroi - Cleistanthus monoicus • # B. monoica - Cleistanthus monoicus • # B. oblongifolius - Cleistanthus oblongifolius • # B. patula - Cleistanthus patulus • # B. polystachya - Cleistanthus polystachyus • # B. rufa - Cleistanthus rufus • # B. rugosa - Aporosa lunata • # B. sinica - Phyllanthus hohenackeri • # B. spinosa DC. 1833 not (Roxb.) Willd. 1806 - Damnacanthus indicus • # B. stipitata - Cleistanthus stipitatus • # B. stipularis Hook. & Arn. 1837 not (L.) Blume 1826 - Cleistanthus stipularis