Sideroxylon lanuginosum

gum bully, gum bumelia, woollybucket bumelia, woolly bumelia, gum woollybucket, woolly buckthorn, chittamwood, shittamwood, gum elastic, coma
Family

Sapotaceae

Leaf Arrangement

alternate, whorled

Leaf Margin

entire

Leaf Type

simple

Leaf Shape

elliptic, ovate

Growth Form

shrub, tree

Flower Color

white, yellow

Flower Month

April - July

Height (meters)

15.0

Milky Sap

No

Armed/Unarmed

Armed

Origin

native

Lifespan

perennial

Leaf Retention

Semi-evergreen


Wetland Class

FACU

Field Characters

Leaves: bright shiny dark green above, paler and fuzzy white below, clustered or whorled on lateral spur shoots.

Animal Use

The fruit is eaten by birds, and white-tailed deer browse the leaves and fruit. The flowers provide early season nourishment for honey bees.

Habitat

The fruit is eaten by birds, and white-tailed deer browse the leaves and fruit. The flowers provide early season nourishment for honey bees.

Plant Uses

The Kiowa Indians used a substance in the outer bark as chewing gum.