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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sideroxylon lycioides   FAMILY Sapotaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sideroxylon lycioides   FAMILY Sapotaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Sideroxylon lycioides

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8 (2009)

Sideroxylon lycioides

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Sideroxylon lycioides

SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)

Bumelia lycioides

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 149-01-001:

Bumelia lycioides   FAMILY Sapotaceae

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Bumelia lycioides var. lycioides

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Bumelia lycioides var. virginiana

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Bumelia smallii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Bumelia lycioides

 

COMMON NAME:
Buckthorn Bumelia, Buckthorn Bully, Carolina Buckthorn


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image of Sideroxylon lycioides, Buckthorn Bumelia, Buckthorn Bully, Carolina Buckthorn

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_848

        

image of Sideroxylon lycioides, Buckthorn Bumelia, Buckthorn Bully, Carolina Buckthorn

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_buly_001_lvd

        

image of Sideroxylon lycioides, Buckthorn Bumelia, Buckthorn Bully, Carolina Buckthorn

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_sily_002_lvd

        

image of Sideroxylon lycioides, Buckthorn Bumelia, Buckthorn Bully, Carolina Buckthorn

JK Marlow    jkm180218_0294

February    McCormick County    SC

Parks Mill

image of Sideroxylon lycioides, Buckthorn Bumelia, Buckthorn Bully, Carolina Buckthorn

JK Marlow    jkm180218_0295

February    McCormick County    SC

Parks Mill

May be armed with spines at the nodes, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

image of Sideroxylon lycioides, Buckthorn Bumelia, Buckthorn Bully, Carolina Buckthorn

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_s_lycioides_2

March        

Bark scaling, grayish strips or plates revealing red-brown underneath, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

image of Sideroxylon lycioides, Buckthorn Bumelia, Buckthorn Bully, Carolina Buckthorn

JK Marlow    jkm110416_868

April    Etowah County    AL

Leaves elliptic or weakly oblanceolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Sideroxylon lycioides, Buckthorn Bumelia, Buckthorn Bully, Carolina Buckthorn

Ron Lance    rwl2167_a

June        

Inflorescence of 8-40 clustered flowers from short axillary spur shoots, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Sideroxylon lycioides, Buckthorn Bumelia, Buckthorn Bully, Carolina Buckthorn

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_s_lycioides_4

August        

Fruit an ellipsoid drupe-like berry 6-10mm long, subtended by persistent calyx, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Sideroxylon lycioides, Buckthorn Bumelia, Buckthorn Bully, Carolina Buckthorn

JK Marlow    jkm181030_5424

October    McCormick County    SC

Parks Mill

image of Sideroxylon lycioides, Buckthorn Bumelia, Buckthorn Bully, Carolina Buckthorn

JK Marlow    jkm181030_5426

October    McCormick County    SC

Parks Mill

Upper surfaces of mature leaf blades notably finely reticulate-veined (at 20x), per Weakley's Flora.

image of Sideroxylon lycioides, Buckthorn Bumelia, Buckthorn Bully, Carolina Buckthorn

David Campbell    mdc_s_lycioides_fruit

October    Cabarrus County    NC

Look for fruit to be mature in September-October, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Sideroxylon lycioides, Buckthorn Bumelia, Buckthorn Bully, Carolina Buckthorn

David Campbell    mdc_sideroxylon_lycioides

October    Cabarrus County    NC

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sideroxylon lycioides   FAMILY Sapotaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sideroxylon lycioides   FAMILY Sapotaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sideroxylon lycioides

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8
Sideroxylon lycioides

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Sideroxylon lycioides

SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Bumelia lycioides

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 149-01-001:
Bumelia lycioides   FAMILY Sapotaceae

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Bumelia lycioides var. lycioides

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Bumelia lycioides var. virginiana

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Bumelia smallii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Bumelia lycioides

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2044

Shrub; Tree
Perennial

Habitat: maritime forests, maritime scrub, river bluffs, swamp margins, usually in circumneutral soil (over shell hash, coquina limestone, marl, or limestone), in the Piedmont and Mountains in rich, mesic forests over mafic or calcareous rocks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon (rare in NC Piedmont)

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DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)

IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
May be armed with spinose twig tips, spinose spur shoots, and/or nodal spines

LEAVES:
Deciduous to tardily deciduous
Simple
Alternate or clustered on spur shoots

FLOWER:
Summer
White
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed corolla
5 stamens & 5 staminodia, fused to corolla
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Flowers in axillary clusters

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Black
Drupe-like berry

 

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