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.