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Latin name

Family

Distribution

North America distribution zone

Height

Foliage

Ecology

Use

Synonym

English name

French name

Spanish name

Other name

Trade name

Sideroxylon americanum (Mill.) T.D.Penn.

Sapotaceae

SE North America (SE Mexico to Panama, Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica)

S[M]

xer calc

dr fd (fruits) ti

Achras retusa (Sw.) Poir. Bumelia americana (Mill.) Stearn Bumelia americana (Mill.) Stearn ssp. americana Bumelia bahamensis Britton Bumelia excisa Urb. Bumelia loranthifolia (Pierre) Britton Bumelia navassana Urb. & Ekman Bumelia neglecta (Cronquist) Lundell Bumelia oblongata Urb. Bumelia retusa Sw. Bumelia retusa ssp. neglecta Cronquist Bumelia retusa ssp. typica Cronquist Bumelia retusa var. loranthifolia Pierre Bumelia roigii Britton & Small Lyciodes retusa (Sw.) Kuntze Maurocenia americana Mill.

American jungleplum; milk-berry, pigeon berry, wild saffron (Bahamas)

acoma d'Amérique

cocuyo (Cuba)

xpotzilil (Mexico)

mol-che (maya, Belize)

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Latin name	Sideroxylon americanum (Mill.) T.D.Penn.
Family	Sapotaceae
Distribution	SE North America (SE Mexico to Panama, Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S[M]
Foliage
Ecology	xer calc
Use	dr fd (fruits) ti
Synonym	Achras retusa (Sw.) Poir. Bumelia americana (Mill.) Stearn Bumelia americana (Mill.) Stearn ssp. americana Bumelia bahamensis Britton Bumelia excisa Urb. Bumelia loranthifolia (Pierre) Britton Bumelia navassana Urb. & Ekman Bumelia neglecta (Cronquist) Lundell Bumelia oblongata Urb. Bumelia retusa Sw. Bumelia retusa ssp. neglecta Cronquist Bumelia retusa ssp. typica Cronquist Bumelia retusa var. loranthifolia Pierre Bumelia roigii Britton & Small Lyciodes retusa (Sw.) Kuntze Maurocenia americana Mill.
English name	American jungleplum; milk-berry, pigeon berry, wild saffron (Bahamas)
French name	acoma d'Amérique
Spanish name	cocuyo (Cuba)
Other name	xpotzilil (Mexico)
Trade name	mol-che (maya, Belize)