Bumelia lanuginose (Michx.)
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Kingdom-Plantae (Plants)
Subkingdom- Trachebionta (Vascular)
Superdivision- Spermatophyta (Seed)
Division- Magnoliophyta (Flowering)
Class-Magnoliopsida (Dicotyledons)
Subclass- Dilleniidae
Order- Ebenales
Family- Sapotaceae (Sapodilla)
Genus- Sideroxylon L. (bully)
Species-Sideroxylon lanuginosum Michx. (gum
belly)
Decuiduous tree.
Can grow 25’ to 40’ tall.
10’ to 30’ in width.
Can have a trunk diameter of 1’.
Branches reach close to the ground.
fig. 1
Rough and scaly bark.
Usually a brown-ish color.
Cut Bark exudes a milky sap.
fig. 2
fig. 3
Young twigs are light brown.
Old twigs turn a blackish gray.
The twig ends with a thorn.
Thorn is usually straight or slight
curved about 2 cm.
fig. 4
Leaves are oblong and
between 1” to 3” long.
Leaves are alternate.
Whorled on a spur shoot.
Rounded tip but come to a
point at the bottom.
An evergreen color on top
with a white fuzzy underside.
Leaves turn a yellow-green in
the fall.
fig. 5
Buds grow in a whorled
pattern on lateral spur
shoots.
fig. 6
Flowers bloom in early
summer.
Small white flowers.
2 to 3 mm long.
Bundle into cluster of
sometimes twenty.
fig. 7
Blue or black berries that ripen in
the fall.
Oval in shape.
On a stem about .5” long.
Fruit is edible by deer, birds, small
animals, and humans.
fig. 8
Native to the south eastern US.
Also found in eastern parts of Texas
and Oklahoma.
Can grow in dry or open rocky
areas.
It can also grow along streams and
in swamps.
fig. 9
Little ornamental use.
More likely to be used
along property lines.
Settlers children use to
eat the sap from cut
bark.
fig. 11
All information
gathered June 24,
2010
Figure referencefig. 1-Tree. [Web]. Retrieved from
http://www.sbs.utexas.edu/bio406d/images/pics/spo/Bumelia%20lanuginosa%20habitlarge.j
pg
fig. 2-Bark. [Web]. Retrieved from
http://www.cnr.vt.edu/dendro/dendrology/syllabus2/picts/Sideroxylon_lanuginosum_bark.j
pg
fig. 3-Bark. [Web]. Retrieved from
http://www.wildflower.org/gallery/result.php?id_image=21636
fig. 4-Twig. [Web]. Retrieved from
http://swbiodiversity.org/images/vasc_herbarium_images/Sapotaceae/photos/Sideroxylon_la
nuginosum_s_0.JPG
fig. 5-Leaf. [Web]. Retrieved from http://www.biosurvey.ou.edu/shrub/silal3.htm
fig. 6-Bud. [Web]. Retrieved from
http://swbiodiversity.org/images/vasc_herbarium_images/Sapotaceae/photos/Sideroxylon_la
nuginosum_s_0.JPG
fig. 7-Flower. [Web]. Retrieved from http://www.biosurvey.ou.edu/shrub/silal3.htm
fig. 8-Fruit. [Web]. Retrieved from
http://www.cnr.vt.edu/dendro/dendrology/syllabus2/picts/Sideroxylon_lanuginosum_fruit.j
pg
fig. 9-Map. [Web]. Retrieved from http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=SILAL3
fig. 10-Leaves. [Web]. Retrieved from
http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/images/low/M830-0701051gk.jpg
All references found
June 24, 2010
Website references
-Missouri plant finder. (2010). Retrieved from
http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantfinder/Plant.asp?code=M830
-Plants for a future. (n.d.). Retrieved from
http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Bumelia+lanuginosa
-Sideroxylon lanuginosum michx. ssp. lanuginosum . (1999, September 9). Retrieved
from http://www.biosurvey.ou.edu/shrub/silal3.htm
-Southwest environmental information network. (n.d.). Retrieved from
http://swbiodiversity.org/seinet/taxa/index.php?taxon=610&taxauthid=1
-Texas a&m university system. (2010). Retrieved from
http://uvalde.tamu.edu/herbarium/sila.htm
-Texas native plants database. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://aggiehorticulture.tamu.edu/ornamentals/natives/bumelialanuginosa.htm
-Usda plants. (2010, May 19). Retrieved from
http://plants.usda.gov/java/ClassificationServlet?source=profile&symbol=SIL
AL3&display=31
-Virginia tech. (2010). Retrieved from
http://www.cnr.vt.edu/dendro/dendrology/syllabus/factsheet.cfm?ID=929