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