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| + | The '''Gum Bully''' (''Sideroxylon lanuginosum'')<ref>[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=SILA20 ''Sideroxylon lanuginosum'' at USDA PLANTS Database]</ref><ref>[http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantfinder/Plant.asp?code=M830 ''Sideroxylon lanuginosum'' at Missouri Botanical Garden]</ref> is a shrub or small tree of the family [[Sapotaceae]]. It is widely distributed in the [[Sun Belt|sunbelt states]] in the [[United States]] and in [[Mexico]]. | ||
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| + | The Gum Bully is also called Black Haw, Chittamwood, Chittimwood or Shittamwood, False Buckthorn, Gum Bumelia, Gum Elastic, Gum Woolybucket, Woolybucket Bumelia, Wooly Buckthorn, Wooly Bumelia, Ironwood and Coma. | ||
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Bumelia lanuginosa, Pers. Chittim Wood. Tree, sometimes 50 ft.: Lvs. oblong-obovate or cuneate-obovate, rounded and often apiculate at the apex, dark green and lustrous above, tomentose beneath, sometimes nearly glabrous at length, 1-2 ½ in. long: clusters many-fid.; pedicels slender, hairy; fr. oblong-ovoid or obovoid, ½in. long. Southern states north to S. Ill., west to Texas.—This is the species most often met with in collections. | Bumelia lanuginosa, Pers. Chittim Wood. Tree, sometimes 50 ft.: Lvs. oblong-obovate or cuneate-obovate, rounded and often apiculate at the apex, dark green and lustrous above, tomentose beneath, sometimes nearly glabrous at length, 1-2 ½ in. long: clusters many-fid.; pedicels slender, hairy; fr. oblong-ovoid or obovoid, ½in. long. Southern states north to S. Ill., west to Texas.—This is the species most often met with in collections. | ||
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==Varieties== | ==Varieties== | ||
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| + | * ''Sideroxylon l. albicans'' | ||
| + | * ''Sideroxylon'' Michx. ssp. ''lanuginosum'' ([[syn.]] ''Bumelia lanuginosa'', ''Bumelia rufa'')<ref>[http://www.biosurvey.ou.edu/shrub/silal3.htm ''Sideroxylon lanuginosum'' Michx. ssp. ''lanuginosum'' at Oklahoma Biological Survey]</ref><ref>[http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ST103 ''Bumelia lanuginosa'' at University of Florida]</ref> | ||
| + | * ''Sideroxylon l. oblongifolium'' | ||
| + | * ''Sideroxylon l. rigidum'' | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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The Gum Bully (Sideroxylon lanuginosum)[1][2] is a shrub or small tree of the family Sapotaceae. It is widely distributed in the sunbelt states in the United States and in Mexico.
The Gum Bully is also called Black Haw, Chittamwood, Chittimwood or Shittamwood, False Buckthorn, Gum Bumelia, Gum Elastic, Gum Woolybucket, Woolybucket Bumelia, Wooly Buckthorn, Wooly Bumelia, Ironwood and Coma.
Read about Sideroxylon lanuginosum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Bumelia lanuginosa, Pers. Chittim Wood. Tree, sometimes 50 ft.: Lvs. oblong-obovate or cuneate-obovate, rounded and often apiculate at the apex, dark green and lustrous above, tomentose beneath, sometimes nearly glabrous at length, 1-2 ½ in. long: clusters many-fid.; pedicels slender, hairy; fr. oblong-ovoid or obovoid, ½in. long. Southern states north to S. Ill., west to Texas.—This is the species most often met with in collections.
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Cultivation
Propagation
Pests and diseases
Varieties
Subspecies:
- Sideroxylon l. albicans
- Sideroxylon Michx. ssp. lanuginosum (syn. Bumelia lanuginosa, Bumelia rufa)[3][4]
- Sideroxylon l. oblongifolium
- Sideroxylon l. rigidum
Gallery
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
External links
- w:Sideroxylon lanuginosum. Some of the material on this page may be from Wikipedia, under the Creative Commons license.
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