Sapotaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Sideroxylon lycioides

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Sideroxylon lycioides is a sometimes spiny, deciduous shrub or a tree that can grow up to 14 metres tall. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of wood. Sideroxylon lycioides has a very wide distribution, large population, is not currently experiencing any major threats and no significant future threats have been identified. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2020)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeSouth-eastern N. America - Missouri to Virginia, south to Texas and Florida

HabitatLow moist soils by swamps and streams, also found on rocky bluffs[ 82 Title Manual of the Trees of N. America. Publication Author Sargent. C. S. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ Publisher Dover Publications Inc. New York. Year 1965 ISBN 0-486-20278-X Description Two volumes, a comprehensive listing of N. American trees though a bit out of date now. Good details on habitats, some details on plant uses. Not really for the casual reader. It can be downloaded from the internet. ]. Upland, moist and floodplain forests, edges of swamps, hammocks; at elevations from 10 - 1,500 metres[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ].