4345.000 Bridelia Willd.

Description of the genus

Monoecious (rarely dioecious) shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, stipulate, simple. Flowers small and axillary. Male flowers in many-flowered clusters, ± sessile: sepals and petals 5; filaments united in a column, free above. Female flowers in few-flowered clusters or solitary, sometimes pedicellate; styles 2. Ovary 2-locular (1-locular by abortion). Fruit a smooth berry or drupe, with (1-)2 pyrenes, generally indehiscent.

Worldwide: 60 species in the Old World tropics

Zimbabwe: 6 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
atroviridis Müll. Arg.[CR]	E	Description, Image
cathartica G. Bertol. subsp. melanthesoides (Baill.) J. Léonard var. melanthesoides (Baill.) Radcl.-Sm.	N,W,E,S	Image
cathartica G. Bertol. subsp. melanthesoides (Baill.) J. Léonard var. lingelsheimii (Gehrm.) Radcl.-Sm.	N,W,C,E,S
cathartica G. Bertol. subsp. melanthesoides (Baill.) J. Léonard[Agg]	N,W,C,E,S	Description, Image
micrantha (Hochst.) Baill.	N,C,E,S	Description, Image
mollis Hutch.	N,W,C,E,S	Description, Image

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Flora of Botswana: Bridelia
Flora of Burundi: Bridelia
Flora of Caprivi: Bridelia
Flora of Malawi: Bridelia
Flora of Mozambique: Bridelia
Flora of Zambia: Bridelia

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Bridelia
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EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Bridelia
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Bridelia
JSTOR Plant Science: Bridelia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Bridelia
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Tropicos: Bridelia
Wikipedia: Bridelia