''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.
/ref> They are collectively known as bully trees. The generic name is derived from the

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words σιδηρος (''sideros''), meaning "

iron Iron is a chemical element; it has symbol Fe () and atomic number 26. It is a metal that belongs to the first transition series and group 8 of the periodic table. It is, by mass, the most common element on Earth, forming much of Earth's o ...

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

Distribution

The genus is distributed mainly in

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and

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as well as in

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, southern

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, and various oceanic islands.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref> 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

habitat destruction Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss or habitat reduction) occurs when a natural habitat is no longer able to support its native species. The organisms once living there have either moved elsewhere, or are dead, leading to a decrease ...

. The tambalacoque ('' S. grandiflorum'') of

Mauritius Mauritius, officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island country in the Indian Ocean, about off the southeastern coast of East Africa, east of Madagascar. It includes the main island (also called Mauritius), as well as Rodrigues, Ag ...

was affected by the

extinction Extinction is the termination of an organism by the death of its Endling, last member. A taxon may become Functional extinction, functionally extinct before the death of its last member if it loses the capacity to Reproduction, reproduce and ...

of the

bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class (biology), class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the Oviparity, laying of Eggshell, hard-shelled eggs, a high Metabolism, metabolic rate, a fou ...

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

dodo The dodo (''Raphus cucullatus'') is an extinction, extinct flightless bird that was endemism, endemic to the island of Mauritius, which is east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. The dodo's closest relative was the also-extinct and flightles ...

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

Coleoptera Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...

of the genus '' Plinthocoelium'', commonly known as bumelia borers.

Species

83 species are currently accepted. * '' Sideroxylon acunae'' -

Cuba Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and List of islands of Cuba, 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the ...

* '' Sideroxylon alachuense'' -

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(

Florida Florida ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the north, the Atlantic ...

) * '' Sideroxylon altamiranoi'' -

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

( Hidalgo,

Querétaro Querétaro, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Querétaro, is one of the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. It is divided into Municipalities of Querétaro, 18 municipalities. Its capital city is Querétaro Cit ...

) * '' Sideroxylon americanum'' - Mexico (

Yucatán Peninsula The Yucatán Peninsula ( , ; ) is a large peninsula in southeast Mexico and adjacent portions of Belize and Guatemala. The peninsula extends towards the northeast, separating the Gulf of Mexico to the north and west of the peninsula from the C ...

West Indies The West Indies is an island subregion of the Americas, surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, which comprises 13 independent island country, island countries and 19 dependent territory, dependencies in thr ...

* '' Sideroxylon anomalum'' -

Hispaniola Hispaniola (, also ) is an island between Geography of Cuba, Cuba and Geography of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico in the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean. Hispaniola is the most populous island in the West Indies, and the second-largest by List of C ...

( Barahona Province,

Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean Sea in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean. It shares a Maritime boundary, maritime border with Puerto Rico to the east and ...

) * '' Sideroxylon beguei'' -

* '' Sideroxylon bequaertii'' -

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* '' Sideroxylon betsimisarakum'' - Madagascar * '' Sideroxylon borbonicum'' -

Réunion Réunion (; ; ; known as before 1848) is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of France. Part of the Mascarene Islands, it is located approximately east of the isl ...

* '' Sideroxylon boutonianum'' -

* '' Sideroxylon brucebenzii'' – Mexico (Jalisco) * '' Sideroxylon bullatum'' -

Jamaica Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At , it is the third-largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, west of Hispaniola (the is ...

* '' Sideroxylon canariense'' -

Canary Islands The Canary Islands (; ) or Canaries are an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean and the southernmost Autonomous communities of Spain, Autonomous Community of Spain. They are located in the northwest of Africa, with the closest point to the cont ...

* '' Sideroxylon cantoniense'' - Southeast China * '' Sideroxylon capiri'' -

Mesoamerica Mesoamerica is a historical region and cultural area that begins in the southern part of North America and extends to the Pacific coast of Central America, thus comprising the lands of central and southern Mexico, all of Belize, Guatemala, El S ...

, West Indies * '' Sideroxylon capuronii'' - Madagascar * '' Sideroxylon cartilagineum'' - Mexico (

Sinaloa Sinaloa (), officially the (), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, compose the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 18 municipalities, and its capital city is Culiacán Rosales. It is located in northwest Mexic ...

Jalisco Jalisco, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. It is located in western Mexico and is bordered by s ...

Guerrero Guerrero, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Guerrero, is one of the 32 states that compose the administrative divisions of Mexico, 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into Municipalities of Guerrero, 85 municipalities. The stat ...

) * '' Sideroxylon celastrinum'' - United States (

Texas Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ...

), Mesoamerica,

Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel ...

Venezuela Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...

, Cuba,

Bahamas The Bahamas, officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an archipelagic and island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean. It contains 97 per cent of the archipelago's land area and 88 per cent of its population. ...

* '' Sideroxylon cinereum'' - Mauritius * '' Sideroxylon cochranei'' – Mexico (Jalisco) * '' Sideroxylon contrerasii'' - Mesoamerica * '' Sideroxylon cubense'' - West Indies * '' Sideroxylon dominicanum'' - Hispaniola (Dominican Republic) * '' Sideroxylon durifolium'' - Mexico (

Chiapas Chiapas, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas, is one of the states that make up the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. It comprises Municipalities of Chiapas, 124 municipalities and its capital and large ...

Belize Belize is a country on the north-eastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Guatemala to the west and south. It also shares a maritime boundary with Honduras to the southeast. P ...

* '' Sideroxylon ekmanianum'' - Cuba * '' Sideroxylon eriocarpum'' - Mexico (

Oaxaca Oaxaca, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca, is one of the 32 states that compose the political divisions of Mexico, Federative Entities of the Mexico, United Mexican States. It is divided into municipalities of Oaxaca, 570 munici ...

) * '' Sideroxylon eucoriaceum'' - Mexico (

Veracruz Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entit ...

Guatemala Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast by Belize, to the east by Honduras, and to the southeast by El Salvador. It is hydrologically b ...

* '' Sideroxylon eucuneifolium'' - Guatemala * '' Sideroxylon excavatum'' - Mexico (Guerrero, Oaxaca) * '' Sideroxylon fimbriatum'' - Yemen (Socotra) * '' Sideroxylon floribundum'' - Belize, Guatemala, Jamaica * '' Sideroxylon foetidissimum'' - West Indies, Southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, United States (Florida) * '' Sideroxylon galeatum'' - Mauritius (

Rodrigues Rodrigues ( ; Mauritian Creole, Creole: ) is a Autonomous administrative division, autonomous Outer islands of Mauritius, outer island of the Republic of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, about east of Mauritius. It is part of the Mascarene Isl ...

) * '' Sideroxylon gerrardianum'' - Madagascar * '' Sideroxylon grandiflorum'' - Mauritius * '' Sideroxylon hirtiantherum'' - Guatemala,

Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, ...

* '' Sideroxylon horridum'' - Cuba,

Cayman Islands The Cayman Islands () is a self-governing British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory, and the largest by population. The territory comprises the three islands of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman, which are located so ...

* '' Sideroxylon ibarrae'' - Guatemala ( Baja Verapaz) * '' Sideroxylon inerme'' -

(

Somalia Somalia, officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, is the easternmost country in continental Africa. The country is located in the Horn of Africa and is bordered by Ethiopia to the west, Djibouti to the northwest, Kenya to the southwest, th ...

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Seychelles Seychelles (, ; ), officially the Republic of Seychelles (; Seychellois Creole: ), is an island country and archipelagic state consisting of 155 islands (as per the Constitution) in the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest city, Victoria, ...

(

Aldabra Aldabra, the world's second-largest coral atoll (the largest is Kiritimati), is located east of the continent of Africa. It is part of the Aldabra Group of islands in the Indian Ocean that are part of the Outer Islands (Seychelles), Outer Islands ...

French Southern and Antarctic Lands The French Southern and Antarctic Lands (, TAAF) is an overseas territory ( or ) of France. It consists of: * Adélie Land (), the French claim on the continent of Antarctica. * Crozet Islands (), a group in the southern Indian Ocean, south ...

( Juan de Nova I) * '' Sideroxylon jubilla'' - Cuba * '' Sideroxylon lanuginosum'' – - United States (

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South Carolina South Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders North Carolina to the north and northeast, the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, and Georgia (U.S. state), Georg ...

Kentucky Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the ...

), northeastern Mexico * '' Sideroxylon leucophyllum'' - Mexico (

Baja California Baja California, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California, is a state in Mexico. It is the northwesternmost of the 32 federal entities of Mexico. Before becoming a state in 1952, the area was known as the North Territory of B ...

Sonora Sonora (), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora (), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is divided into Municipalities of Sonora, 72 ...

) * '' Sideroxylon lycioides'' – buckthorn bully -

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(Texas to

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) * '' Sideroxylon macrocarpum'' - United States (

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) * '' Sideroxylon majus'' - Réunion * '' Sideroxylon marginatum'' -

Cape Verde Cape Verde or Cabo Verde, officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an island country and archipelagic state of West Africa in the central Atlantic Ocean, consisting of ten volcanic islands with a combined land area of about . These islands ...

* '' Sideroxylon mascatense'' -

Ethiopia Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Ken ...

Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...

* '' Sideroxylon mirmulano'' -

Madeira Madeira ( ; ), officially the Autonomous Region of Madeira (), is an autonomous Regions of Portugal, autonomous region of Portugal. It is an archipelago situated in the North Atlantic Ocean, in the region of Macaronesia, just under north of ...

* '' Sideroxylon moaense'' - Cuba * '' Sideroxylon montanum'' - Jamaica * '' Sideroxylon nadeaudii'' -

Tahiti Tahiti (; Tahitian language, Tahitian , ; ) is the largest island of the Windward Islands (Society Islands), Windward group of the Society Islands in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France. It is located in the central part of t ...

* '' Sideroxylon nervosum'' -

Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has ...

* '' Sideroxylon obovatum'' - West Indies, Venezuela * '' Sideroxylon obtusifolium'' - Mexico (Veracruz) to

Paraguay Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the Argentina–Paraguay border, south and southwest, Brazil to the Brazil–Paraguay border, east and northeast, and Boli ...

* '' Sideroxylon occidentale'' - Mexico (Baja California, Sonora) * '' Sideroxylon octosepalum'' - Jamaica ( Clarendon Parish) * '' Sideroxylon palmeri'' - Mexico * '' Sideroxylon peninsulare'' - Mexico (Baja California) * ''

Sideroxylon persimile ''Sideroxylon'' is a genus of trees in the family (biology), family Sapotaceae described as a genus by Carl Linnaeus, Linnaeus in 1753. They are collectively known as bully trees. The generic name is derived from the Greek language, Greek words ...

'' - Mesoamerica, Colombia, Venezuela,

Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago, officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean, comprising the main islands of Trinidad and Tobago, along with several List of islands of Trinidad and Tobago, smaller i ...

(

Trinidad Trinidad is the larger, more populous island of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, the country. The island lies off the northeastern coast of Venezuela and sits on the continental shelf of South America. It is the southernmost island in ...

) * '' Sideroxylon picardae'' - Hispaniola (

Haiti Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of the Bahamas. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island, which it shares with the Dominican ...

, Dominican Republic) * '' Sideroxylon polynesicum'' - United States (

Hawaii Hawaii ( ; ) is an island U.S. state, state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland. One of the two Non-contiguous United States, non-contiguous U.S. states (along with Alaska), it is the only sta ...

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( Rapa-Iti) * '' Sideroxylon portoricense'' - Mesoamerica,

Greater Antilles The Greater Antilles is a grouping of the larger islands in the Caribbean Sea, including Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, and Jamaica, together with Navassa Island and the Cayman Islands. Seven island states share the region of the Greater Antille ...

* '' Sideroxylon puberulum'' - Mauritius * '' Sideroxylon reclinatum'' - United States (

Louisiana Louisiana ( ; ; ) is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It borders Texas to the west, Arkansas to the north, and Mississippi to the east. Of the 50 U.S. states, it ranks 31st in area and 25 ...

Mississippi Mississippi ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico to the south, Louisiana to the s ...

Alabama Alabama ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South, Deep Southern regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gu ...

, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina) * '' Sideroxylon repens'' - Hispaniola (Dominican Republic) * '' Sideroxylon retinerve'' - Honduras * '' Sideroxylon rotundifolium'' - Jamaica * '' Sideroxylon rubiginosum'' - Hispaniola (Dominican Republic) * '' Sideroxylon salicifolium'' - West Indies, Mesoamerica, Florida * '' Sideroxylon saxorum'' - Madagascar * '' Sideroxylon sessiliflorum'' - Mauritius * '' Sideroxylon socorrense'' - Mexico (

Socorro Island Socorro Island () is a volcanic island in the Revillagigedo Islands, a Mexican possession lying off the country's western coast. The size is , with an area of . It is the largest of the four islands of the Revillagigedo Archipelago. The last e ...

) * '' Sideroxylon spinosum'' - Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania, and Western Sahara * '' Sideroxylon st-johnianum'' -

Pitcairn Islands The Pitcairn Islands ( ; Pitkern: '), officially Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, are a group of four volcanic islands in the southern Pacific Ocean that form the sole British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory in the ...

( Henderson Island) * '' Sideroxylon stenospermum'' - Mesoamerica * '' Sideroxylon stevensonii'' - Mexico (Chiapas), Belize, Guatemala * '' Sideroxylon tambolokoko'' - Madagascar * '' Sideroxylon tenax'' - United States (Florida, Georgia, South Carolina,

North Carolina North Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia (U.S. stat ...

) * '' Sideroxylon tepicense'' - Mesoamerica * '' Sideroxylon thornei'' - United States (Florida, Georgia, Alabama)Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map, ''Sideroxylon thornei''
/ref> * '' Sideroxylon verruculosum'' - Mexico * '' Sideroxylon wightianum'' -

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Yunnan Yunnan; is an inland Provinces of China, province in Southwestern China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 47.2 million (as of 2020). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the Chinese provinces ...

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* ''

Micropholis acutangula ''Micropholis'' is genus of trees in the family ''Sapotaceae'', described 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 are nativ ...

'' (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. References

Micropholis, crassipedicellata En ...

'' (as ''S. crassipedicellatum'' ) * '' Micropholis guyanensis'' (as ''S. guyanense'' ) * '' Micropholis rugosa'' (as ''S. rugosum'' ) * '' Olinia ventosa'' (as ''S. cymosum'' ) * '' Planchonella australis'' (as ''S. australe'' ) * '' Planchonella costata'' (as ''S. costatum'' ) * '' Planchonella eerwah'' (as ''S. eerwah'' ) * '' Planchonella macrantha'' (as ''S. macranthum'' ) * '' Pouteria elegans'' (as ''S. elegans'' ) * '' Pouteria reticulata'' (as ''S. uniloculare'' ) * ''

Pouteria sapota ''Pouteria sapota'', the mamey sapote, is a species of tree native to southern Mexico and Central America. It is now cultivated throughout Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, as well as Florida and parts of South America. Its fruit ...

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

References

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* {{Taxonbar, from=Q1067086 Sapotaceae genera Taxa described in 1753 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus