''Sideroxylon'' is a

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of trees in the

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described as a genus by

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in 1753.Tropicos, ''Sideroxylon'' L.
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words σιδηρος (''sideros''), meaning "

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", and ξύλον (''xylon''), meaning "wood."

Distribution

The genus is distributed mainly in

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and

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, but also in

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Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...

, southern

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, and various oceanic islands. Some species, such as gum bully ('' S. lanuginosum''), '' S. tenax'', and buckthorn bully ('' S. lycioides''), are found in

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areas of

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. The only

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n species, the white milkwood ('' S. inerme''), is associated with three historical sites, and these individuals were declared national monuments due to their unusual longevity.

Ecology

Several species have become rare due to logging and other forms of

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. The Tambalacoque ('' S. grandiflorum'', syn. ''Calvaria major'') of

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was affected by the

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of the

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s which dispersed its seed; it was suggested that the species entirely depended on the

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(''Raphus cucullatus'') for that purpose and nearly became a victim of

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, but this is not correct. Bully trees provide food for the

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e of certain

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, such as the bumelia webworm moth ('' Urodus parvula'') as well as several species of

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of the genus '' Plinthocoelium'', commonly known as

bumelia borers ''Sideroxylon'' is a genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753. They are collectively known as bully trees. The generic name is derived from the Greek words σιδηρος (''sideros''), meaning "iron", and ...

Species

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Sideroxylon alachuense ''Sideroxylon alachuense'', known by the common names Alachua bully, silver bully and silvery buckthorn, is a plant species native to the US states of Georgia and Florida. It grows in forested areas on hummocks, or near lime sinks or shell midden ...

'' - Florida * '' Sideroxylon altamiranoi'' -

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Querétaro Querétaro (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Querétaro ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Querétaro, links=no; Otomi language, Otomi: ''Hyodi Ndämxei''), is one of the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. I ...

* '' Sideroxylon americanum'' - Yucatan,

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Sideroxylon anomalum ''Sideroxylon anomalum'' is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is endemic to the Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Ant ...

'' - Barahona * '' Sideroxylon beguei'' - Madagascar * '' Sideroxylon bequaertii'' -

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Sideroxylon betsimisarakum ''Sideroxylon'' is a genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753. They are collectively known as bully trees. The generic name is derived from the Greek words σιδηρος (''sideros''), meaning "iron", and ...

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* '' Sideroxylon borbonicum'' -

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Sideroxylon boutonianum ''Sideroxylon'' is a genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753. They are collectively known as bully trees. The generic name is derived from the Greek words σιδηρος (''sideros''), meaning "iron", and ...

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Sideroxylon bullatum ''Sideroxylon bullatum'' is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is endemic to Jamaica. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by which a natural habi ...

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Sideroxylon canariense ''Sideroxylon canariense'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Sapotaceae. It It is endemic to the Canary Islands. Description ''S. canariense'' is an evergreen tree that grows up to 10 meters in height. Distribution and habitat ''S. ...

'' - Canary Is * '' Sideroxylon cantoniense'' - SE China * ''

Sideroxylon capiri ''Sideroxylon'' is a genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753. They are collectively known as bully trees. The generic name is derived from the Greek words σιδηρος (''sideros''), meaning "iron", and ...

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Sideroxylon capuronii ''Sideroxylon'' is a genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753. They are collectively known as bully trees. The generic name is derived from the Greek words σιδηρος (''sideros''), meaning "iron", an ...

'' - Madagascar * '' Sideroxylon cartilagineum'' -

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Jalisco Jalisco (, , ; Nahuatl: Xalixco), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco ; Nahuatl: Tlahtohcayotl Xalixco), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal En ...

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* '' Sideroxylon celastrinum'' -

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Sideroxylon cinereum ''Sideroxylon'' is a genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753. They are collectively known as bully trees. The generic name is derived from the Greek words σιδηρος (''sideros''), meaning " iron ...

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Sideroxylon contrerasii ''Sideroxylon contrerasii'' is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is found in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, and Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), ...

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Sideroxylon discolor ''Spiniluma discolor'' is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is endemic to Socotra. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forest A forest is an area of land dominated by trees. Hundreds of definitions of forest ...

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* '' Sideroxylon dominicanum'' - Dominican Rep * '' Sideroxylon durifolium'' -

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* '' Sideroxylon ekmanianum'' - Cuba * '' Sideroxylon eriocarpum'' -

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Sideroxylon floribundum ''Sideroxylon'' is a genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753. They are collectively known as bully trees. The generic name is derived from the Greek words σιδηρος (''sideros''), meaning "iron", and ...

'' - Belize, Guatemala, Jamaica * '' Sideroxylon foetidissimum'' - West Indies, S Mexico, Guatemala, Belize,

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Sideroxylon gerrardianum ''Sideroxylon'' is a genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753. They are collectively known as bully trees. The generic name is derived from the Greek words σιδηρος (''sideros''), meaning "iron", and ...

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Sideroxylon grandiflorum ''Sideroxylon grandiflorum'', known as tambalacoque or dodo tree, is a long-lived mesocaul tree in the sapote family Sapotaceae, superfiially resembling the unrelated Plumeria, but the Dodo Tree's flowers and fruit are cauliflorous. endemic to ...

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Sideroxylon hirtiantherum ''Sideroxylon hirtiantherum'' is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is endemic to Guatemala Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It i ...

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Sideroxylon horridum ''Sideroxylon'' is a genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753. They are collectively known as bully trees. The generic name is derived from the Greek words σιδηρος (''sideros''), meaning "iron", an ...

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Sideroxylon ibarrae ''Sideroxylon ibarrae'' is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is endemic to Guatemala Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bord ...

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Sideroxylon inerme ''Sideroxylon inerme'' (aMasethole or white milkwood, af, wit-melkhout, xh, Ximafana, zu, Umakhwelafingqane) is a Southern African coastal tree, with dense foliage, black berries and small, foetid, greenish flowers. The tree's generic name mea ...

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Sideroxylon jubilla ''Sideroxylon jubilla'' is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is endemic to Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as ...

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Sideroxylon lanuginosum ''Sideroxylon lanuginosum'' is a shrub or small tree of the family Sapotaceae. It is native to the Sun Belt and Midwest of the United States as well as Northeastern Mexico. Common names include gum bully, black haw, chittamwood, chittimwood, s ...

'' – - United States ( AZ to SC + KY), NE

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Sideroxylon lycioides ''Sideroxylon lycioides'', the buckthorn bully, is a small tree in the family Sapotaceae. It is widely distributed in the southeastern United States The Southeastern United States, also referred to as the American Southeast or simply the ...

'' – buckthorn bully - United States ( TX to DE) * '' Sideroxylon macrocarpum'' -

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Sideroxylon marginatum ''Sideroxylon marginatum'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is endemic to the Cape Verde Islands, where it is a mesophytic species whose habitat is now limited to steep escarpments and inaccessible places. It is threat ...

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Sideroxylon mirmulans ''Sideroxylon mirmulans'', commonly known as marmulano, is a species of flowering plants in the family Sapotaceae. It is endemic to the Madeira Islands (Portugal). It is threatened by habitat loss. Description It is an evergreen high tree. Its ...

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Sideroxylon nadeaudii ''Sideroxylon nadeaudii'' is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is endemic to Tahiti, French Polynesia. Taxonomy This species was first described as ''Palaquium nadeaudii'' by Emmanuel Drake del Castillo (early 1890s) and then tran ...

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Sideroxylon nervosum ''Sideroxylon'' is a genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753. They are collectively known as bully trees. The generic name is derived from the Greek words σιδηρος (''sideros''), meaning "iron", an ...

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Sideroxylon obovatum ''Sideroxylon'' is a genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753. They are collectively known as bully trees. The generic name is derived from the Greek words σιδηρος (''sideros''), meaning "iron", and ...

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Sideroxylon obtusifolium ''Sideroxylon'' is a genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753. They are collectively known as bully trees. The generic name is derived from the Greek words σιδηρος (''sideros''), meaning "iron", an ...

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Sideroxylon occidentale ''Sideroxylon'' is a genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753. They are collectively known as bully trees. The generic name is derived from the Greek words σιδηρος (''sideros''), meaning "iron", and ...

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Sideroxylon oxyacanthum ''Sideroxylon'' is a genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753. They are collectively known as bully trees. The generic name is derived from the Greek words σιδηρος (''sideros''), meaning "iron", an ...

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Sideroxylon persimile ''Sideroxylon'' is a genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753. They are collectively known as bully trees. The generic name is derived from the Greek words σιδηρος (''sideros''), meaning "iron", and ...

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Trinidad Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands of Trinidad and Tobago. The island lies off the northeastern coast of Venezuela and sits on the continental shelf of South America. It is often referred to as the southernmos ...

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Hispaniola Hispaniola (, also ; es, La Española; Latin and french: Hispaniola; ht, Ispayola; tnq, Ayiti or Quisqueya) is an island in the Caribbean that is part of the Greater Antilles. Hispaniola is the most populous island in the West Indies, and th ...

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Sideroxylon polynesicum ''Sideroxylon polynesicum'', the ''keahi'' or island nesoluma, is a species of flowering plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is found in the Cook (New Zealand), Tubuai ( French Polynesia), and Hawaiian Islands (United States). It is threatened ...

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Hawaii Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only stat ...

Rapa-Iti Rapa, also called Rapa Iti, or "Little Rapa", to distinguish it from Easter Island, whose Polynesian name is Rapa Nui, is the largest and only inhabited island of the Bass Islands (French Polynesia), Bass Islands in French Polynesia. An older n ...

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Sideroxylon puberulum ''Sideroxylon puberulum'', or manglier rouge, is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is endemic to Mauritius. Description It produces dense, elegant whorls of leaves, which are thick, leathery, elliptical and covered in reddish bro ...

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Sideroxylon reclinatum ''Sideroxylon reclinatum'', the Florida bully, is a small tree in the family Sapotaceae. It occurs locally in the southeastern United States The Southeastern United States, also referred to as the American Southeast or simply the Southeas ...

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Sideroxylon repens ''Sideroxylon'' is a genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753. They are collectively known as bully trees. The generic name is derived from the Greek words σιδηρος (''sideros''), meaning " iron ...

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Sideroxylon rotundifolium ''Sideroxylon rotundifolium'' is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is endemic to Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antil ...

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* '' Sideroxylon sessiliflorum'' - Mauritius * '' Sideroxylon socorrense'' - Socorro I * ''

Sideroxylon st-johnianum ''Sideroxylon st-johnianum'' is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is endemic to Henderson Island, Pitcairn. Having been described first as ''Nesoluma st-johnianum'' (1938), this species was transferred to the genus ''Sideroxylon ...

'' - Henderson I * '' Sideroxylon stenospermum'' -

* '' Sideroxylon stevensonii'' -

* '' Sideroxylon tambolokoko'' -

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Sideroxylon tenax ''Sideroxylon tenax'', called the tough bully, is a plant species native to Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and the southernmost part of North Carolina. It grows on dry, sandy soil in pine forests, pine-oak woodlands, and hummocks at elevations ...

'' - United States ( FL, GA, SC, NC) * '' Sideroxylon tepicense'' -

* '' Sideroxylon thornei'' (Cronquist) T.D.Penn. - USA ( FL, GA, AL)Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map, ''Sideroxylon thornei''
/ref> * '' Sideroxylon verruculosum'' - Mexico * '' Sideroxylon wightianum'' -

Guizhou Guizhou (; formerly Kweichow) is a landlocked province in the southwest region of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Guiyang, in the center of the province. Guizhou borders the autonomous region of Guangxi to t ...

Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked Provinces of China, province in Southwest China, the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is ...

Guangdong Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020) ...

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Argania spinosa ''Argania'' (Tashelhit: ⴰⵔⴳⴰⵏ ''Argan'') is a genus of flowering plants containing the sole species ''Argania spinosa'', known as argan, a tree endemic to the calcareous semidesert Sous valley of southwestern Morocco and to the regi ...

'' (as ''S. spinosum'' ) * '' Micropholis acutangula'' (as ''S. acutangulum'' ) * ''

Micropholis crassipedicellata ''Micropholis crassipedicellata'' is a species of tree in the family Sapotaceae. The plant is endemic to the Atlantic Forest ecoregion in southeastern Brazil. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss a ...

'' (as ''S. crassipedicellatum'' ) * ''

Micropholis guyanensis ''Micropholis'' is group of trees in the family Sapotaceae, described as a genus in 1891. (2001): World Checklist of Sapotaceae &ndash''Micropholis'' The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2008-DEC-24. These trees ar ...

'' (as ''S. guyanense'' ) * '' Micropholis rugosa'' (as ''S. rugosum'' ) * ''

Olinia ventosa ''Olinia ventosa'', commonly known as the hard-pear. is a large, evergreen forest tree indigenous to South Africa. Appearance The hard-pear is a large tree that usually grows to 15–20 meters in height. When exposed to harsh conditions, it f ...

'' (as ''S. cymosum'' ) * ''

Planchonella australis ''Pouteria australis'', also known by the synonym ''Planchonella australis'', is a medium to tall rainforest tree of the family Sapotaceae native to Queensland and New South Wales, Australia. It is known by the common name black apple, wild plum ...

'' (as ''S. australe'' ) * ''

Planchonella costata ''Pouteria costata'' is a small coastal tree native to the northern North Island (New Zealand) and to Norfolk Island ( Australia). In New Zealand, its common name is tawapou ( Māori: "tawāpou"); on Norfolk Island it is called bastard ironwood ...

'' (as ''S. costatum'' ) * '' Planchonella eerwah'' (as ''S. eerwah'' ) * '' Pouteria elegans'' (as ''S. elegans'' ) * '' Pouteria macrantha'' (as ''S. macranthum'' ) * ''

Pouteria sapota ''Pouteria sapota'', the mamey sapote, is a species of tree native to Mexico and Central America. The tree is also cultivated in the Caribbean. Its fruit is eaten in many Latin American countries. The fruit is made into foods such as milksh ...

'' (as ''S. sapota ) * ''

Pouteria reticulata ''Pouteria'' is a genus of flowering plant, flowering trees in the gutta-percha family (biology), family, Sapotaceae. The genus is widespread throughout the tropical regions of the world. It includes the canistel (''Pouteria campechiana, P. campe ...

'' (as ''S. uniloculare'' ) * ''

Synsepalum dulcificum ''Synsepalum dulcificum'' is a plant in the ''Sapotaceae'' family known for its berry that, when eaten, causes sour foods (such as lemons and limes) subsequently consumed to taste sweet. This effect is due to miraculin. Common names for this spe ...

'' (as ''S. dulcificum'' )

References

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* {{Taxonbar, from=Q1067086 Sapotaceae genera