Sideroxylon lanuginosum

Sideroxylon lanuginosum[4] is a shrub or small tree of the family Sapotaceae.[5] It is native to the Sun Belt and Midwest of the United States[6] as well as Northeastern Mexico.[2] Common names include gum bully,[6] black haw, chittamwood, chittimwood, shittamwood, false buckthorn, gum bumelia, gum elastic, gum woolybucket, woolybucket bumelia, wooly buckthorn, wooly bumelia, ironwood and coma.

Gum bully

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Sapotaceae
Genus: Sideroxylon
Species:
S. lanuginosum
Binomial name
Sideroxylon lanuginosum
Subspecies[3]
  • S. l. subsp. lanuginosum
  • S. l. subsp. oblongifolium
  • S. l. subsp. rigidum
Natural range

The fruit of Bumelia lanuginosa is edible but can cause stomach aches or dizziness if eaten in large quantities.[7] The Kiowa and Comanche tribes both consumed them when ripened.[8] Gum from the trunk of the tree is sometimes chewed by children.[7]

Subspecies
  • Sideroxylon lanuginosum subsp. lanuginosum (syn. Bumelia lanuginosa, Bumelia rufa)[9][10]
  • Sideroxylon lanuginosum subsp. oblongifolium (Nutt.) T.D.Penn. (syn. Sideroxylon lanuginosum ssp. albicans)
  • Sideroxylon lanuginosum subsp. rigidum (A.Gray) T.D.Penn.[3]

References
  1. "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 - Sideroxylon lanuginosum, Gum Bumelia". Explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  2. "Sideroxylon lanuginosum". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-10-06.
  3. "Sideroxylon lanuginosum". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-10-06.
  4. "Help for the Home Gardener". Missouribotanicalgarden.org. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  5. Paul T. Corogin. "The Buckthorns (Genus Sideroxylon): An Underappreciated Group of Florida Native Plants" (PDF). Fdacs.gov. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  6. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Sideroxylon lanuginosum". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  7. Little, Elbert L. (1980). The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees: Eastern Region. New York: Knopf. p. 631. ISBN 0-394-50760-6.
  8. Peattie, Donald Culross (1953). A Natural History of Western Trees. New York: Bonanza Books. p. 678.
  9. Sideroxylon lanuginosum Michx. ssp. lanuginosum at Oklahoma Biological Survey
  10. Bumelia lanuginosa at University of Florida

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