Sideroxylon lanuginosum Michx.

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Family

Sapotaceae

Genus

Sideroxylon

Synonyms

Bumelia lanuginosa (Michx.) Pers.

Other taxa in genus

Glossary

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'Sideroxylon lanuginosum' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/sideroxylon/sideroxylon-lanuginosum/). Accessed 2026-04-18.

Bark of Sideroxylon lanuginosum (Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Austin, Texas, USA – 12 March 2024). Image Julian Sutton.

Leaves with a more or less woolly down. Needs at least the warmth of the south-western counties to thrive. In cultivation in the Glasnevin Botanic Garden, but Dr Walsh tells us it has little to commend it as a garden plant.

Sideroxylon lanuginosum bears vicious thorns (Gillespie Co., Texas, USA – 3 March 2024). Image Julian Sutton.

Sideroxylon lanuginosum forming a thorny thicket as a wild plant, which does not encourage its cultivation (Gillespie Co., Texas, USA – 3 March 2024). Image Julian Sutton.

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