Sideroxylon celastrinum

Sideroxylon celastrinum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Sapotaceae
Genus: Sideroxylon
Species: S. celastrinum
Binomial name
Sideroxylon celastrinum
(Kunth) T.D.Penn[1]
Natural range of Sideroxylon celastrinum
Synonyms

See text.

Sideroxylon celastrinum is a species of flowering plant in the sapodilla family, Sapotaceae, that is native to Texas[1] and Florida[2] in the United States south through Central America to northern Venezuela and Colombia in South America. Common names include saffron plum[3] and coma.[4][5] It is a spiny shrub or small tree that reaches a height of 2–9 m (6.6–29.5 ft). The dark green leaves are alternate or fascicled at the nodes and oblanceolate to obovate. Greenish-white flowers are present from May to November and are followed by single-seeded, blue-black drupes.[6]

Uses

This plant is known as a first choice deer feed.[4]

Synonyms

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Taxon: Sideroxylon celastrinum (Kunth) T. D. Penn.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2008-08-06. Retrieved 2009-11-25.
  2. Wunderlin, R. P.; Hansen, B. F. "Sideroxylon celastrinum". Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants. Plantatlas.org. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
  3. "Sideroxylon celastrinum". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  4. 1 2 http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/publications/pwdpubs/media/pwd_bk_w7000_1675_07_11.pdf
  5. http://woodsroamer.blogspot.com/2011/06/coma-brushland-fruit.html
  6. Everitt, J. H.; Dale Lynn Drawe; Robert I. Lonard (2002). Trees, Shrubs, and Cacti of South Texas. Texas Tech University Press. p. 190. ISBN 978-0-89672-473-0.
  7. "Sideroxylon celastrinum". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-10-07.

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