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Internal ID UUID643fece37ca74260040802
Scientific name Sideroxylon celastrinum
Authority (Kunth) T.D.Penn.
First published in Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 52: 123 (1990)

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Sideroxylon celastrinum, also known as saffron plum or coma, is a spiny shrub or small tree found in Texas, Florida, and parts of Central and South America. It can reach heights of 2-9 meters and has dark green leaves and greenish-white flowers. Its fruits are blue-black drupes and it is commonly used as a food source for deer. Other names for this plant include Bumelia angustifolia, Bumelia celastrina, Bumelia celastrina var. angustifolia, and Bumelia spiniflora.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Lyciodes angustifolia Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 406 (1891)
Lyciodes candolleana Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 406 (1891)
Lyciodes ferox Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 406 (1891)
Lyciodes hayesii Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 406 (1891)
Lyciodes spiniflora Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 407 (1891)
Bumelia affinis S.F.Blake Contr. Gray Herb. , n.s., 53: 45 (1918)
Bumelia angustifolia Nutt. N. Amer. Sylv. 3: 38 (1849)
Bumelia celastrina Kunth Nov. Gen. Sp. 7: 212 (1825)
Bumelia eggersii Pierre Symb. Antill. 5: 146 (1904)
Bumelia ferox Cham. & Schltdl. Linnaea 6: 392 (1831)
Bumelia hayesii Hemsl. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 2: 297 (1881)
Bumelia megacocca Small Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 1: 441 (1900)
Bumelia parvifolia Chapm. Fl. South. U.S. : 275 (1860)
Bumelia reclinata Torr. Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound. 2(1): 109 (1858)
Bumelia schottii Britton N. Amer. Trees : 777 (1908)
Bumelia spiniflora A.DC. Prodr. 8: 191 (1844)
Bumelia spinosa A.DC. Prodr. 8: 191 (1844)
Bumelia celastrina var. angustifolia (Nutt.) R.W.Long Rhodora 72: 26 (1970)

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English saffron plum

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- Extinct
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- Native
  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Northwest
      • Mexico Southeast
      • Mexico Southwest
    • South-central U.S.A.
      • Texas
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Alabama
      • Florida
  • Southern America
    • Caribbean
      • Bahamas
      • Cuba
    • Central America
      • Costa Rica
      • El Salvador
      • Guatemala
      • Honduras
      • Nicaragua
    • Northern South America
      • Venezuela
    • Western South America
      • Colombia

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000310645
Florida Plant Atlas 2913
USDA Plants SICE2
Tropicos 50009783
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:948032-1
The Plant List kew-191834
Open Tree Of Life 28442
NCBI Taxonomy 407064
Nature Serve 2.132074
IUCN Red List 156753924
IPNI 948032-1
iNaturalist 133315
GBIF 2886882
Freebase /m/05f475w
EOL 1150178
USDA GRIN 414355
Wikipedia Sideroxylon_celastrinum

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Land abandonment as driver of woody vegetation dynamics in Tamaulipan thornscrub at Northeastern Mexico Alanís-Rodríguez E, Martínez-Adriano CA, Sanchez-Castillo L, Rubio-Camacho EA, Valdecantos A PeerJ 22-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10211364
doi:10.7717/peerj.15438
PMID:37250723
Effects of Patch Size, Fragmentation, and Invasive Species on Plant and Lepidoptera Communities in Southern Texas Stilley JA, Gabler CA Insects 29-Aug-2021
PMCID:PMC8472066
doi:10.3390/insects12090777
PMID:34564216
Antibacterial activity of plant species used for oral health against Porphyromonas gingivalis Carrol DH, Chassagne F, Dettweiler M, Quave CL PLoS One 08-Oct-2020
PMCID:PMC7544490
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0239316
PMID:33031410
Cultural significance of the flora of a tropical dry forest in the Doche vereda (Villavieja, Huila, Colombia) Rosero-Toro JH, Romero-Duque LP, Santos-Fita D, Ruan-Soto F J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 22-Mar-2018
PMCID:PMC5865281
doi:10.1186/s13002-018-0220-0
PMID:29566709

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