Sideroxylon

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Sideroxylon is a genus of flowering plants in the family Sapotaceae. There are about 70 species, collectively known as bully trees. The generic name is derived from the Greek words σιδηρος (sideros), meaning "iron", and ξύλον (xylon), meaning "wood." The genus is distributed mainly in the neotropics, but also in Africa, Madagascar, and the Mascarene Islands. Some species, such as Gum Bully (S. lanuginosum), S. tenax, and Buckthorn Bully (S. lycioides), are found in subtropical areas of North America. The only South African species, the White Milkwood (S. inerme), is associated with three historical sites, and these individuals were declared national monuments due to their unusual longevity.

Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Bumelia (ancient Greek name for an ash-tree). Sapotaceae. Buckthorn ; also Ironwood. Woody plants sometimes cultivated in botanical collections, but without particular ornamental qualities. Small trees or shrubs with milky or gummy sap and very hard wood: branches usually spiny: Lvs. alternate, entire, short-petioled: fls. mostly perfect in axillary clusters, long-pedicelled; calyx 5-lobed, persistent; corolla campanulate, 5-lobed; lobes longer than tube with a small appendage on each side; stamens 5, adnate to the corolla, and 5 petal-like staminodes; ovary 5- celled, pubescent: fr. a 1-seeded drupe.—About 20 species from the southern states to Brazil. These are evergreen or deciduous small trees or shrubs, usually spiny, with generally obovate to oblong leaves and inconspicuous white flowers on axillary clusters followed by black subglobose to oblong-ovoid drupes. None of the species is of much horticultural value, but as most of them grow naturally on dry, rocky or sandy soil, they may be used sometimes with advantage for planting in similar situations. The hardiest are B. lanuginosa and B. lycioides, which have proved hardy in sheltered positions at the Arnold Arboretum. Propagation is by seeds. B. angustlfolia, Nutt. Shrub or small tree, to 25 ft.: Lvs. persist- ent, obovate to oblanceolate, glabrous, 1-1 H in. long.; fr. oblong. Fla. 8.8.5:249.—B. lycioides, Gaertn. Shrub or small tree, to 25 ft.: Lvs. deciduous, elliptic to oblong or oblanceolate, acute, glabrous, 1' i-4 in. long: fr. ovoid. Va. to III.. Fla. and Texas. S.8. 5:248.—B. tenaz, Willd. Shrub or small tree, to 30 ft.: Lvs. obovate to oblanceolate, pubescent beneath, 1-3 in. long: fr. oblong. N, C. to Fla. S.S. 5:246. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Sideroxylon (Greek, iron and wood, referring to the hardness of the wood). Sapotaceae. Trees and shrubs, with simple lvs. and small fls. in axillary clusters: fls. 5-merous or rarely 6-merous; calyx-lobes roundish or ovate, usually obtuse, nearly equal; corolla more or less bell-shaped; stamens attached to the tube at the base of the lobes and opposite to them; staminodia scale-like or petaloid; ovary usually 5-loculed: berry ovoid or globose.—About 110 species, mainly tropical, a few extra-tropical. S. Afr., Austral., and New Zeal. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

Species

Selected species:

Sideroxylon acunae Sideroxylon acutangulum Ducke Sideroxylon alachuense Sideroxylon altamiranoi Sideroxylon americanum (Mill.) T.D. Penn. Sideroxylon angustum Sideroxylon anomalum Sideroxylon argenteum Pierre Sideroxylon australe – Australian Native Plum Sideroxylon bangii Rusby Sideroxylon betsimisarakum Lecomte Sideroxylon bolivianum Rusby Sideroxylon borbonicum A.DC. Sideroxylon boutonianum Sideroxylon bullatum Sideroxylon capiri Sideroxylon cartilagineum Sideroxylon celastrinum (Kunth) T.D. Penn. – Saffron Plum Sideroxylon cinereum Sideroxylon confertum Sideroxylon contrerasii Sideroxylon costatum Sideroxylon crassipedicellatum Mart. & Eichler Baehni Sideroxylon cubense – Espejuelo Sideroxylon cuneatum Raunk. Sideroxylon cuspidatum A.DC. Sideroxylon cylindrocarpum Poepp. Sideroxylon cymosum Sideroxylon cyrtobotryum Mart. Sideroxylon dominicanum Sideroxylon durifolium Sideroxylon eerwah Sideroxylon elegans A.DC. Sideroxylon eriocarpum Sideroxylon eucoriaceum Sideroxylon excavatum Sideroxylon fimbriatum Sideroxylon floribundum Griseb. Sideroxylon foetidissimum Jacq. Sideroxylon galeatum Sideroxylon gardnerianum A.DC. Sideroxylon grandiflorum – Tambalacoque, Calvaria Tree, Dodo Tree Sideroxylon grandifolium Sideroxylon guyanense A.DC. Sideroxylon hirtiantherum Sideroxylon horridum (Griseb.) T.D.Penn.

Sideroxylon ibarrae Sideroxylon inerme L. – White Milkwood Sideroxylon jubilla Sideroxylon lanuginosum – Gum Bully Sideroxylon leucophyllum Sideroxylon lycioides – Buckthorn Bully Sideroxylon macranthum Sideroxylon majus (Gaertn.f.) Baehni Sideroxylon marginatum (Decne. Ex Webb) Sideroxylon mascatense (A. DC.) T.D. Penn. Sideroxylon mastichodendroides Sideroxylon mirmulano Sideroxylon montanum Sideroxylon obovatum – Breakbill Sideroxylon obtusifolium (Roem. & Schult.) T.D.Penn. Sideroxylon occidentale (Hemsl.) T.D.Penn. Sideroxylon octosepalum Sideroxylon pacurero Loefl. Sideroxylon palmeri Sideroxylon peninsulare Sideroxylon persimile (Hemsl.) T.D. Penn. Sideroxylon portoricense Urb. – Puerto Rico Bully Sideroxylon puberulum Sideroxylon reclinatum – Florida Bully, Everglades Bully Sideroxylon repens (Urb. and Ekman) T.D. Penn. Sideroxylon reticulatum Britton Sideroxylon retinerve Sideroxylon robustum Mart. & Eichler Sideroxylon rotundifolium Sideroxylon rubiginosum Sideroxylon rufum Mart. & Eichler Sideroxylon rugosum Roem. & Schult. Sideroxylon saldanhaei Glaz. Sideroxylon saxorum Lecomte Sideroxylon sessiliflorum Sideroxylon socorrense Sideroxylon spinosum Sideroxylon spruceanum Mart. & Miq. Sideroxylon stevensonii Sideroxylon tempisque Sideroxylon tenax L. – Tough Bully Sideroxylon thornei – Georgia Bully Sideroxylon venulosum Mart. & Eichler Sideroxylon wightianum S. Mori

Gallery

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  Leaves of Sideroxylon marmulano

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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