Sideroxylon lanuginosum

Sideroxylon lanuginosum subsp. var.
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The Gum Bully (Sideroxylon lanuginosum) is a shrub or small tree of the family Sapotaceae. It is widely distributed in the sunbelt states in the United States and in Mexico.

The Gum Bully is also called Black Haw, Chittamwood, Chittimwood or Shittamwood, False Buckthorn, Gum Bumelia, Gum Elastic, Gum Woolybucket, Woolybucket Bumelia, Wooly Buckthorn, Wooly Bumelia, Ironwood and Coma.

Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Bumelia lanuginosa, Pers. Chittim Wood. Tree, sometimes 50 ft.: Lvs. oblong-obovate or cuneate-obovate, rounded and often apiculate at the apex, dark green and lustrous above, tomentose beneath, sometimes nearly glabrous at length, 1-2 ½ in. long: clusters many-fid.; pedicels slender, hairy; fr. oblong-ovoid or obovoid, ½in. long. Southern states north to S. Ill., west to Texas.—This is the species most often met with in collections. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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.

Varieties

Subspecies:

• Sideroxylon l. albicans
• Sideroxylon Michx. ssp. lanuginosum (syn. Bumelia lanuginosa, Bumelia rufa)
• Sideroxylon l. oblongifolium
• Sideroxylon l. rigidum

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References

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

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