Sideroxylon lanuginosum
Species of tree
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Sideroxylon lanuginosum[5] is a shrub or small tree of the family Sapotaceae.[6] It is native to the Sun Belt and Midwest of the United States[7] as well as Northeastern Mexico.[3] Common names include gum bully,[7] 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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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Sapotaceae |
| Genus: | Sideroxylon |
| Species: | S. lanuginosum |
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| Sideroxylon lanuginosum | |
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The fruit of Bumelia lanuginosa is edible but can cause stomach aches or dizziness if eaten in large quantities.[8] The Kiowa and Comanche tribes both consumed them when ripened.[9] Gum from the trunk of the tree is sometimes chewed by children.[8]
