Sideroxylon eucoriaceum

Botanical Description

Sideroxylon eucoriaceum is a tree that can grow from 15 - 25 metres tall with a bole 20 - 120cm in diameter[ 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. , 1983 Title Sapotaceae Publication Flora Neotropica Monograph 52 Author Pennington T.D. Publisher The New York Botanical Garden; New York Year 1990 ISBN 0-89327-344-9 Description ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of timber. Sideroxylon eucoriaceum has a limited range in southern Mexico and Guatemala. It is seriously threatened by deforestation due to land use change for urban expansion, and by forest fires. The plant is classified as 'Endangered' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2021)[ 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. ].