Sideroxylon celastrinum

Sideroxylon celastrinum
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Sapotaceae
Genus:	Sideroxylon
Species:	S. celastrinum
Binomial name
	Sideroxylon celastrinum; (Kunth) T.D.Penn
	Natural range of Sideroxylon celastrinum
Synonyms
	Bumelia angustifolia Nutt.; Bumelia celastrina Kunth; Bumelia celastrina var. angustifolia (Nutt.) R.W.Long; Bumelia spiniflora A.DC.;

Sideroxylon celastrinum is a species of flowering plant in the family Sapotaceae, that is native to Texas^[2] and Florida^[4] in the United States south through Central America to northern Venezuela and Colombia in South America. Common names include saffron plum^[5] and coma.^[6]^[7] 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.^[8]

Uses

This plant is known as a first choice deer feed.^[6]

Synonyms

Bumelia angustifolia Nutt.
Bumelia celastrina Kunth
Bumelia celastrina var. angustifolia (Nutt.) R.W.Long^[3]
Bumelia spiniflora A.DC.^[2]

References

^ IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group & Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) (2020). "Sideroxylon celastrinum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T156753924A156771602. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T156753924A156771602.en. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Sideroxylon celastrinum". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2009-11-25.
^ ^a ^b "Sideroxylon celastrinum". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
^ Wunderlin, R. P.; Hansen, B. F. "Sideroxylon celastrinum". Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants. Plantatlas.org. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Sideroxylon celastrinum". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
^ ^a ^b Daniel J. Kunz; Eric P. Garza; Michael W. Wallace. "Common Woody Browse Plants Utilized by White-Tailed Deer in South Texas" (PDF). Tpwd.state.tx.us. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
^ "Woods Roamer: Coma Brushland Fruit". Woodsroamer.blogspot.com. 1 June 2011.
^ 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.

External links

"Bumelia celastrina" (PDF). Digital Representations of Tree Species Range Maps from "Atlas of United States Trees" by Elbert L. Little, Jr. (and other publications). United States Geological Survey.