Sideroxylon lycioides, the buckthorn bully,[3] is a small tree in the family Sapotaceae. It is widely distributed in the southeastern United States from Texas to southeast Virginia.[4]
Buckthorn bully | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Sapotaceae |
Genus: | Sideroxylon |
Species: | S. lycioides
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Binomial name | |
Sideroxylon lycioides | |
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Natural range | |
Synonyms | |
Bumelia lycioides[2] |
The fruit pulp is thin but edible and consumed by birds. Livestock browse the plant's foliage.[4]
References
edit- ^ IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group.; Botanic Gardens Conservation International; et al. (BGCI) (2020). "Sideroxylon lycioides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T156812221A156820753. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T156812221A156820753.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ "Sideroxylon lycioides (Buckthorn bumelia) | Native Plants of North America". Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Sideroxylon lycioides". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
- ^ a b Little, Elbert L. (1980). The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees: Eastern Region. New York: Knopf. p. 632. ISBN 0-394-50760-6.