Sideroxylon
Sideroxylon is a genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753. They are collectively known as bully trees. The generic name is derived from the Greek words σιδηρος, meaning "iron", and ξύλον, meaning "wood."
Distribution
The genus is distributed mainly in North and South America as well as in Africa, Madagascar, southern Asia, and various oceanic islands. Some species, such as gum bully, S. tenax, and buckthorn bully, are found in subtropical areas of North America. The only South African species, the white milkwood, is associated with three historical sites, and these individuals were declared national monuments due to their unusual longevity.Ecology
Several species have become rare due to logging and other forms of habitat destruction. The tambalacoque of Mauritius was affected by the extinction of the birds which dispersed its seed; it was suggested that the species entirely depended on the dodo for that purpose and nearly became a victim of coextinction, but this is not correct. Bully trees provide food for the larvae of certain Lepidoptera, such as the bumelia webworm moth as well as several species of Coleoptera of the genus Plinthocoelium, commonly known as bumelia borers.Species
83 species are currently accepted.- Sideroxylon acunae - Cuba
- Sideroxylon alachuense - United States
- Sideroxylon altamiranoi - Mexico
- Sideroxylon americanum - Mexico, West Indies
- Sideroxylon anomalum - Hispaniola
- Sideroxylon beguei - Madagascar
- Sideroxylon bequaertii - Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Sideroxylon betsimisarakum - Madagascar
- Sideroxylon borbonicum - Réunion
- Sideroxylon boutonianum - Mauritius
- Sideroxylon brucebenzii – Mexico
- Sideroxylon bullatum - Jamaica
- Sideroxylon canariense - Canary Islands
- Sideroxylon cantoniense - Southeast China
- Sideroxylon capiri - Mesoamerica, West Indies
- Sideroxylon capuronii - Madagascar
- Sideroxylon cartilagineum - Mexico
- Sideroxylon celastrinum - United States, Mesoamerica, Colombia, Venezuela, Cuba, Bahamas
- Sideroxylon cinereum - Mauritius
- Sideroxylon cochranei – Mexico
- Sideroxylon contrerasii - Mesoamerica
- Sideroxylon cubense - West Indies
- Sideroxylon dominicanum - Hispaniola
- Sideroxylon durifolium - Mexico, Belize
- Sideroxylon ekmanianum - Cuba
- Sideroxylon eriocarpum - Mexico
- Sideroxylon eucoriaceum - Mexico, Guatemala
- Sideroxylon eucuneifolium - Guatemala
- Sideroxylon excavatum - Mexico
- Sideroxylon fimbriatum - Yemen
- Sideroxylon floribundum - Belize, Guatemala, Jamaica
- Sideroxylon foetidissimum - West Indies, Southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, United States
- Sideroxylon galeatum - Mauritius
- Sideroxylon gerrardianum - Madagascar
- Sideroxylon grandiflorum - Mauritius
- Sideroxylon hirtiantherum - Guatemala, Honduras
- Sideroxylon horridum - Cuba, Cayman Islands
- Sideroxylon ibarrae - Guatemala
- Sideroxylon inerme - Africa, Seychelles, French Southern and Antarctic Lands
- Sideroxylon jubilla - Cuba
- Sideroxylon lanuginosum - - United States, northeastern Mexico
- Sideroxylon leucophyllum - Mexico
- Sideroxylon lycioides - buckthorn bully - Southeastern United States
- Sideroxylon macrocarpum - United States
- Sideroxylon majus - Réunion
- Sideroxylon marginatum - Cape Verde
- Sideroxylon mascatense - Ethiopia to Pakistan
- Sideroxylon mirmulano - Madeira
- Sideroxylon moaense - Cuba
- Sideroxylon montanum - Jamaica
- Sideroxylon nadeaudii - Tahiti
- Sideroxylon nervosum - Myanmar
- Sideroxylon obovatum - West Indies, Venezuela
- Sideroxylon obtusifolium - Mexico to Paraguay
- Sideroxylon occidentale - Mexico
- Sideroxylon octosepalum - Jamaica
- Sideroxylon palmeri - Mexico
- Sideroxylon peninsulare - Mexico
- Sideroxylon persimile - Mesoamerica, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago
- Sideroxylon picardae - Hispaniola
- Sideroxylon polynesicum - United States, French Polynesia
- Sideroxylon portoricense - Mesoamerica, Greater Antilles
- Sideroxylon puberulum - Mauritius
- Sideroxylon reclinatum - United States
- Sideroxylon repens - Hispaniola
- Sideroxylon retinerve - Honduras
- Sideroxylon rotundifolium - Jamaica
- Sideroxylon rubiginosum - Hispaniola
- Sideroxylon salicifolium - West Indies, Mesoamerica, Florida
- Sideroxylon saxorum - Madagascar
- Sideroxylon sessiliflorum - Mauritius
- Sideroxylon socorrense - Mexico
- Sideroxylon spinosum - Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania, and Western Sahara
- Sideroxylon st-johnianum - Pitcairn Islands
- Sideroxylon stenospermum - Mesoamerica
- Sideroxylon stevensonii - Mexico, Belize, Guatemala
- Sideroxylon tambolokoko - Madagascar
- Sideroxylon tenax - United States
- Sideroxylon tepicense - Mesoamerica
- Sideroxylon thornei - United States
- Sideroxylon verruculosum - Mexico
- Sideroxylon wightianum - China, Vietnam
Formerly placed here
- Micropholis acutangula
- Micropholis crassipedicellata
- Micropholis guyanensis
- Micropholis rugosa
- Olinia ventosa
- Planchonella australis
- Planchonella costata
- Planchonella eerwah
- Planchonella macrantha
- Pouteria elegans
- Pouteria reticulata
- Pouteria sapota
- ''Synsepalum dulcificum''