Sideroxylon lycioides, the buckthorn bully,[3] is a small tree in the family Sapotaceae. It is widely distributed in the southeastern United States from Texas to southeast Virginia.[4]
Buckthorn bully | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Sapotaceae |
Genus: | Sideroxylon |
Species: | S. lycioides
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Binomial name | |
Sideroxylon lycioides | |
Natural range | |
Synonyms | |
Bumelia lycioides[2] |
The fruit pulp is thin but edible and consumed by birds. Livestock browse the plant's foliage.[4]