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North America distribution zone

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Ecology

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Sideroxylon celastrinum (Kunth) T.D.Penn.

Sapotaceae

SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama; USA: S Texas, Florida; Bahamas, Cuba) N South America (Colombia, Venezuela)

SC SE

S[M]

hyg

fd (fruits edible, sweet and gummy) fw

Bumelia affinis S.F.Blake Bumelia angustifolia Nutt. Bumelia celastrina Kunth Bumelia celastrina var. angustifolia (Nutt.) R.W.Long Bumelia eggersii Pierre Bumelia ferox Schltdl. & Cham. Bumelia hayesii Hemsl. Bumelia microphylla Northr. non Griseb. Bumelia schottii Britton Bumelia spiniflora A.DC. Bumelia spinosa DC. Lyciodes ferox (Schltdl. & Cham.) Kuntze Lyciodes hayesii (Hemsl.) Kuntze Lyciodes spiniflorum (A.DC.) Kuntze

saffron jungleplum; ant's wood (Bahamas, Cuba, Florida); ants-wood, coma; downward plum (Bahamas, Cuba, Florida); downward-plum, milk buckthorn; narrow-leaved bumelia (Bahamas); saffron plum; saffron-plum (USA); saffronplum bumelia; spiny milk berry (Bahamas); tropical buckthorn

acoma faux-celastre; bumélia à feuilles étroites

camiche, coma, comas (Mexico); guamachito (Colombia); hormigo, hormiguillo, huesito, huishtempisque (El Salvador); luchumche (Mexico); pasita, pasito (Colombia); pionche (Mexico); uvita negra (Honduras); zalamera (Cuba)

saj (Mexico)

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Latin name	Sideroxylon celastrinum (Kunth) T.D.Penn.
Family	Sapotaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama; USA: S Texas, Florida; Bahamas, Cuba) N South America (Colombia, Venezuela)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S[M]
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg
Use	fd (fruits edible, sweet and gummy) fw
Synonym	Bumelia affinis S.F.Blake Bumelia angustifolia Nutt. Bumelia celastrina Kunth Bumelia celastrina var. angustifolia (Nutt.) R.W.Long Bumelia eggersii Pierre Bumelia ferox Schltdl. & Cham. Bumelia hayesii Hemsl. Bumelia microphylla Northr. non Griseb. Bumelia schottii Britton Bumelia spiniflora A.DC. Bumelia spinosa DC. Lyciodes ferox (Schltdl. & Cham.) Kuntze Lyciodes hayesii (Hemsl.) Kuntze Lyciodes spiniflorum (A.DC.) Kuntze
English name	saffron jungleplum; ant's wood (Bahamas, Cuba, Florida); ants-wood, coma; downward plum (Bahamas, Cuba, Florida); downward-plum, milk buckthorn; narrow-leaved bumelia (Bahamas); saffron plum; saffron-plum (USA); saffronplum bumelia; spiny milk berry (Bahamas); tropical buckthorn
French name	acoma faux-celastre; bumélia à feuilles étroites
Spanish name	camiche, coma, comas (Mexico); guamachito (Colombia); hormigo, hormiguillo, huesito, huishtempisque (El Salvador); luchumche (Mexico); pasita, pasito (Colombia); pionche (Mexico); uvita negra (Honduras); zalamera (Cuba)
Other name	saj (Mexico)
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