Sideroxylon celastrinum is a species of flowering plant in the family Sapotaceae, that is native to Texas[2] and Florida[4] in the United States south through Central America to northern Venezuela and Colombia in South America. Common names include saffron plum[5] and coma.[6][7] It is a spiny shrub or small tree that reaches a height of 2–9 m (6.6–29.5 ft). The dark green leaves are alternate or fascicled at the nodes and oblanceolate to obovate. Greenish-white flowers are present from May to November and are followed by single-seeded, blue-black drupes.[8]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Sapotaceae |
| Genus: | Sideroxylon |
| Species: | S. celastrinum
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Uses
editThis plant is known as a first choice deer feed.[6]
Synonyms
editReferences
edit- ^ IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group & Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) (2020). "Sideroxylon celastrinum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T156753924A156771602. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T156753924A156771602.en. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Sideroxylon celastrinum". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2009-11-25.
- ^ a b "Sideroxylon celastrinum". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
- ^ Wunderlin, R. P.; Hansen, B. F. "Sideroxylon celastrinum". Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants. Plantatlas.org. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
- ^ NRCS. "Sideroxylon celastrinum". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 14 November 2015.
- ^ a b Daniel J. Kunz; Eric P. Garza; Michael W. Wallace. "Common Woody Browse Plants Utilized by White-Tailed Deer in South Texas" (PDF). Tpwd.state.tx.us. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
- ^ "Woods Roamer: Coma Brushland Fruit". Woodsroamer.blogspot.com. 1 June 2011.
- ^ Everitt, J. H.; Dale Lynn Drawe; Robert I. Lonard (2002). Trees, Shrubs, and Cacti of South Texas. Texas Tech University Press. p. 190. ISBN 978-0-89672-473-0.
External links
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- "Bumelia celastrina" (PDF). Digital Representations of Tree Species Range Maps from "Atlas of United States Trees" by Elbert L. Little, Jr. (and other publications). United States Geological Survey.
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