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. moved to other genera (Aporosa Cleistanthus Damnacanthus Phyllanthus Scleropyrum )