Gum bumelia

Sideroxylon lanuginosum

Summary 3

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, shittamwood, false buckthorn, gum bumelia, gum elastic, gum woolybucket, woolybucket bumelia, wooly buckthorn, wooly bumelia, ironwood and coma.

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  3. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sideroxylon_lanuginosum

More Info

iNat Map

Form shrub, tree
Fruit type Drupe
Leaf arrangement Alternate
Simple/compound Simple
Evergreen or deciduous Semi-evergreen
Bloom time Spring