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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sideroxylon macrocarpum   FAMILY Sapotaceae

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

Sideroxylon macrocarpum

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

Sideroxylon macrocarpum

INCLUDED WITHIN Trees, Shrubs, Woody Vines of north Florida & adjacent GA & AL (Godfrey, 1988)

Bumelia reclinata var. reclinata

SYNONYMOUS WITH -

Bumelia macrocarpa

 

COMMON NAME:
Big-fruited Buckthorn, Ohoopee Bumelia, Ohoopee Bully


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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sideroxylon macrocarpum   FAMILY Sapotaceae

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

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

INCLUDED WITHIN Trees, Shrubs, Woody Vines of north Florida & adjacent GA & AL (Godfrey, 1988)
Bumelia reclinata var. reclinata

SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Bumelia macrocarpa

 

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4595

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia

Rare

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

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Purplish-black
Drupe-like berry

 

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